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by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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In post World War II Nevada a returning soldier is accused of murder. Ellery Queen Magazine Reader's Choice Winner
Words: 8752 - Reading Time: 25-35 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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A busy news station scrambles to cover election night in 1984, but they begin receiving threatening phone calls. A fast paced, high tension mystery.
Words: 11627 - Reading Time: 33-46 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Models
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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A photographer caught up in the world of high-pressure high-fashion must find out why her friend has been brutally murdered. Ellery Queen Magazine Reader's Choice Nominee
Words: 11310 - Reading Time: 32-45 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Scars
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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A woman who was burned and disfigured in an auto accident musters the courage to join a local gym and swim for exercise, revealing her scars to other people. She never suspected that a simple day of swimming would lead her to be caught up in a murder investigation.
Words: 10726 - Reading Time: 30-42 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Spinning
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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An obese woman becomes obsessed with losing weight, and after much hard work on the exercise bicycle in a gym "spinning" class, she finds she likes the new attention she gets from men. But her own life is sent spinning when a man she flirts with ends up murdered one day… Edgar Award Nominee
Words: 12362 - Reading Time: 35-49 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Results
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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An engaged couple undergoes extensive genetic testing to ensure that their progeny will be above average. Short story that poignantly explores issues of genetic testing, parenthood, and issues that society will soon face.
Words: 2973 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Going Native
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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In an age where travel is primarily by teleportation, a reporter must journey the old fashioned way (by train) to report on the annual meeting of a group of luddites who are against the use of teleporters.
Words: 6742 - Reading Time: 19-26 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Monuments to the Dead
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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A reporter is sent to cover an amazing story: something inexplicable has happened to Mount Rushmore. This story contains enlightening perspectives on how Lakota Native Americans view the carved mountain. Year's Best Fantasy Selection
Words: 6715 - Reading Time: 19-26 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Women of Whale Rock
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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A beautiful seaside resort is cursed by the occasional appearance of dead bodies washing up on the beach. The odd thing is, the bodies are always mobbed by seagulls and pecked beyond recognition. Who are they? Where are they coming from? HOMer Award Nominee
Words: 10776 - Reading Time: 30-43 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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Her Mother's Secrets
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Violet only had one year of pretty; the year before her boyfriend shot her in the face. She went on to put her life back together and find a man to care for her despite her scars. But now, as an adult, her mother has died and she must arrange the funeral. She had no idea that he would show up at the funeral, and what secrets would be revealed about her mother. 1999
Words: 9033 - Reading Time: 25-36 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Kindred Souls
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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A woman (who is a nursing home orderly) sees death often enough. But when an elderly cancer patient of some notoriety arrives, she senses that something is strangely wrong about how she has chosen to live out her final days.
Words: 7476 - Reading Time: 21-29 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Coolhunting
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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She was a coolhunter with forty different legal identities. Her job: to drive fads; to find the "next cool thing" five to ten times per week. She was one of the best. Entire corporations rose and fell under her influence. But then some really uncool things start to happen…
Words: 23035 - Reading Time: 65-92 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Trains
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Silas appears to play his banjo only for those who need him most; Corrine can see him play for others--but when will it be her turn? 1990 Year's Best Science Fiction Selection
Words: 2700 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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Little Miracles
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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The burglar killed all five members of the Torgenson family with a knife as they prepared breakfast, and the police detective's best hope for a solution is the injured family cat. 1992
Words: 5505 - Reading Time: 15-22 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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The Gallery of His Dreams
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Photographer Mathew Brady sacrifices his successful New York portrait studio to record the horrifying images found on the battlefields of the American Civil War. His hopes of post-war acclaim fall into despair as the poor reception of his photographs at the New York Historical Society force him into bankruptcy ... his dreams of being an important historic figure appear to be over. When a woman from another time appears to him in a vision, she makes an offer to fulfill his lifelong dream, but the... more info>> 1991 World Fantasy Award Nominee, Nebula Award(R) Nominee, Locus Poll Award Winner, Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 17770 - Reading Time: 50-71 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Destiny
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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A rarity--a short story written in Rusch's popular Fey universe. "Destiny" is a prequel to the Fey novels. The shape-shifter Solanda must choose between an enemy's child and going to war. 2000
Words: 9169 - Reading Time: 26-36 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Burial Detail
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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In the shadow of the American Civil War, a freed slave is trying to earn money by burying the dead at Cold Harbor ... and hides a secret that makes his burial detail one of the most horrible jobs of his life. 2000
Words: 3315 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Dark Fantasy
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Spirit Guides
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Murders haunt Kincaid. He has a gift for finding himself at murder scenes and often he knows exactly who caused the crime. But after a spree killing in a fast food restaurant, he decides to change his life. Instead, he learns that he may not have understood the nature of his gift after all. 1995
Words: 5141 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Strays
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Set in the first 100 days of the Clinton administration, "Strays" is a humorous cat mystery story with a political twist. Picked up for The Year's Twenty-Five Finest Crime and Mystery Stories in 1993. 1993
Words: 7676 - Reading Time: 21-30 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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The Perfect Man
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Paige is a romance writer who goes on a blind date with the perfect man--or the man she thought would be the perfect man. He uses her novels as a blueprint for the romantic hero. Only she discovers that what's romantic on the page is creepy in person. A romantic suspense story about romance itself, and being careful what you wish for. 2001
Words: 11888 - Reading Time: 33-47 min.
Category: Romance
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Parking Space Vigilantes
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Stacy volunteered for the city's new police program--which allows citizens to ticket cars illegally parked in handicapped spaces. What Stacy doesn't realize is that her new job puts her in the front line of a war that could kill her. 2000
Words: 7841 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime
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Alien Influences
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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The second in a series of stories that eventually became the Arthur C. Clarke nominated novel, Alien Influences. The other stories are "Dancers Like Children," and "Glass Walls."
1992
Words: 9669 - Reading Time: 27-38 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Harvest
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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This quiet fantasy about family, quilts, and secrets passed down through generations is one of Kristine Kathryn Rusch's most popular stories. First published in Amazing Stories, "Harvest" was later chosen for the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. 1990
Words: 4343 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Glass Walls
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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The third in a series of short stories that eventually became the
Arthur C. Clarke nominated novel, Alien Influences. The other two stories in the series are "Dancers Like Children," and "Alien Influences."
1994
Words: 27799 - Reading Time: 79-111 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Questing Mind
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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Someone is stealing J. Reed Brasher's memories. The doctors don't seem to care; Brasher is old, and old people often forget. But Brasher knows that the loss is actual theft and he decides to prove it. Tangent Magazine chose "The Questing Mind" as one of the ten best science fiction stories of 1998. 1998
Words: 8030 - Reading Time: 22-32 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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