Laurel helps many people who return from the desert shaken by what they’ve seen—or think they’ve seen. But Mark seems different. He listens to her, and he makes her obsession with finding the strange silver objects—and discovering their secrets—his own. But that obsession comes with a cost: one neither might want to pay. “Spaceships in the Desert” by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch is […]
Free Fiction Monday: Dancers Like Children
Dr. Justin Schafer travels to the Bountiful colony to investigate a series of brutal murders. The colonists blame the Dancers, an alien species the colony relies on for its livelihood. But the more Schafer investigates, the more complicated the case seems. He begins to wonder if his past mistakes—mistakes that led to genocide—will color his judgment. And he begins to suspect that the reasons for […]
Free Fiction Monday: Blood Trail
Detective Zack Wheldon solves cases. The tough cases no one else figures out. So, when the FBI comes seeking his help, he must decide which to choose: the serial killer he desperately wants to catch or the as-yet-unknown cases that will grow cold in his absence. The FBI promises big things, more closed cases, more criminals behind bars. If he can trust the feds. If he believes in their methods. If he really wants to test his own resolve.
“Blood Trail,” by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is free on this website for one week only.
Free Fiction Monday: Scars
Rena lost everything when her husband and son died in a fiery car accident. Now she has only her daily swim at the rec center, where she hopes no one pays attention to her horrible burn scars.
But someone noticed—the same someone who murders a lifeguard while Rena does her laps.
Only Rena can identify the killer, but the identification might prove more difficult than it seems…
“Scars,” by bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is free on this website for one week only.
Free Fiction Monday: Skin Deep
When Cullaene learns the colonists want to question him about a murder, he fears for his life. But he must also think about the daughter of the people who took him in.
She appears sick, and Cullaene soon realizes only he can help her. But helping her might mean sacrificing his own life.
One of Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s first published stories, “Skin Deep” appeared on the preliminary Nebula Ballot and on the Locus Recommended Reading List for 1988 as well as two of the year’s best collections. It is free on this website for one week only.
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The Space Travelers Storybundle, available until July 11, has enough adventure fiction set in space (with romance and crime thrown in) to get you through not one, not two, but three beach vacations! Hurry, though. The bundle disappears on July 11.
The First New Grayson Novel in Years
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I’m happy to report my story, “Once On The Blue Moon,” appears in The Best Military & Adventure SF, Volume 5. Find out more here.
Daughters of Zeus Trilogy
The three former Interim Fates get their own books, and their own omnibus, with extras. Click here to find out more.
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Writing With Chronic Illness
A Brand New Diving Novel
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A New SF Story
Part of the tribute issue for former editor Gardner Dozois, “Transport” is a standalone sf story. Go here for your copy.
The Author-Preferred Edition of FantasyLife
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