Free Fiction Monday: Once on The Blue Moon

As Collette’s parents take her on an outdated “luxury” starliner called The Blue Moon to yet another boarding school, she sees this as just one more crappy turn of events. But when the guys with guns show up, she knows boarding school pales in comparison to whatever these guys plan to do to her—and to […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/08/11/36668/

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Free Fiction Monday: Once on The Blue Moon

As Collette’s parents take her on an outdated “luxury” starliner called The Blue Moon to yet another boarding school, she sees this as just one more crappy turn of events. But when the guys with gu…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Free Fiction Monday: The Silence

Homicide Detective Spencer Gray knows he should feel grateful for the lack of work due to The Silence—two weeks without a murder in Manhattan. But he misses the action. More, something feels off. When one of his colleagues suggests a wager to see who can close the strangest case on his or her…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/08/04/free-fiction-monday-the-silence/

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Free Fiction Monday: The Silence

Homicide Detective Spencer Gray knows he should feel grateful for the lack of work due to The Silence—two weeks without a murder in Manhattan. But he misses the action. More, something feels off. W…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Free Fiction Monday: Little Miracles

As a homicide detective, Frank deals with violent death every day. And his reaction to those deaths kills him by inches. Until his most recent case forces him to take a long, hard look at his emotional state. The murder scene’s only survivor might hold the clues Frank needs to solve the…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/07/28/free-fiction-monday-little-miracles/

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Free Fiction Monday: Little Miracles

As a homicide detective, Frank deals with violent death every day. And his reaction to those deaths kills him by inches. Until his most recent case forces him to take a long, hard look at his emoti…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Free Fiction Monday: Elites

Rowena runs the House, a place for homeless Sky veterans. The House, open only to the women who compose the Elite Squad, has only a few rules: No names, no details, no weapons. The problem? Anything can become a weapon—even a toilet bowl scrubber. Even a word. Especially a word. A word…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/07/21/free-fiction-monday-elites/

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Free Fiction Monday: Elites

Rowena runs the House, a place for homeless Sky veterans. The House, open only to the women who compose the Elite Squad, has only a few rules: No names, no details, no weapons. The problem? Anythin…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Free Fiction Monday: Spinning

Patricia Taylor’s spinning class instructor hates her. Maybe it’s the extra eighty pounds she carries on her frame. Maybe it’s the way she struggles while everyone else in class does just fine. But when her instructor ends up dead, Patricia has to deal with her feelings for him and…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/07/13/free-fiction-monday-spinning/

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Free Fiction Monday: Spinning

Patricia Taylor’s spinning class instructor hates her. Maybe it’s the extra eighty pounds she carries on her frame. Maybe it’s the way she struggles while everyone else in class does just fine. But…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Free Fiction Monday: Songbirds

Prince Tadeo has his heart set on a Songbird for the coronation. He sends Reynaldo, the best magic hunter in the business, after it. Once upon a time, Songbirds served the king. Now Reynaldo must convince one Songbird to return. Just one. Or he will use devastating magic to make sure she…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/07/07/free-fiction-monday-songbirds/

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Free Fiction Monday: Songbirds

Prince Tadeo has his heart set on a Songbird for the coronation. He sends Reynaldo, the best magic hunter in the business, after it. Once upon a time, Songbirds served the king. Now Reynaldo must c…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Free Fiction Monday: When Thomas Jefferson Dined Alone

When Living History Professor Kimber Lawson’s least favorite student brings her a report of Mary Todd Lincoln conducting séances in the White House, Kimber brushes it off. But then more reports come to her attention—of historical figures hearing voices,…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/06/30/free-fiction-monday-when-thomas-jefferson-dined-alone/

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Free Fiction Monday: When Thomas Jefferson Dined Alone

When Living History Professor Kimber Lawson’s least favorite student brings her a report of Mary Todd Lincoln conducting séances in the White House, Kimber brushes it off. But then more reports com…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Free Fiction Monday: The Amazing Quizmo

At night, Darren dons his secret identity. He becomes the Amazing Quizmo, the Great God of Answers. He presides over bar trivia contests and no one can beat him. Until a girl appears. A pretty girl. A very pretty girl who just might be smarter than Darren. And for Darren, that just won’t do.
https://kriswrites.com/2025/06/23/free-fiction-monday/

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Free Fiction Monday: The Amazing Quizmo

At night, Darren dons his secret identity. He becomes the Amazing Quizmo, the Great God of Answers. He presides over bar trivia contests and no one can beat him. Until a girl appears. A pretty girl…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Free Fiction Monday: The Bride Case

She looks innocent—a bride in a frilly white dress on her way to her wedding. Until she curses out a parking meter, and heads, angrily, into the courthouse.   One jaded defense attorney notices her, but only as a curiosity. He saw brides every day in Las Vegas. He has no idea that, in the…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/06/16/free-fiction-monday-the-bride-case/

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Free Fiction Monday: The Bride Case

She looks innocent—a bride in a frilly white dress on her way to her wedding. Until she curses out a parking meter, and heads, angrily, into the courthouse.   One jaded defense attorney notices her…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Free Fiction Monday: Something Blue

For Amelia’s second marriage, Gram gives her a visit to a wedding counselor. Not a marriage counselor, but someone who will advise how to achieve a perfect marriage through the perfect ceremony. Superstitious nonsense, Amelia thinks, although she doesn’t want to offend Gram. But as the meeting…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/06/09/free-fiction-monday-something-blue/

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Free Fiction Monday: Something Blue

For Amelia’s second marriage, Gram gives her a visit to a wedding counselor. Not a marriage counselor, but someone who will advise how to achieve a perfect marriage through the perfect ceremony. Su…

Kristine Kathryn Rusch