Lost Key Found
Monica had been working at city hall for six years, and in all that time she had never once needed to go into the basement storage room at…
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy stories. Sci-Fi & Fantasy stories, from quick reads to long series. Reads run 22 to 27 minutes. Writers to know: Sundown Wanderer, Glass Ritual and Shift of Ivory. Readers usually start with “Lost Key Found” and “Colony 7 Estate”. Ranked by how many readers finish them. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
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01 02 Colony 7 Estate
Glenna Swenson had better things to do with a day off than fight strangers over furniture.
03 The Cleaner's Debt
The penthouse smelled like lemon cleaner and old money.
04 Last Show
I was up on the solar catwalk fixing a dead junction box when I saw the pack come through the gate.
05 Debt Frame
The letter came on a Tuesday, which felt like a joke because nothing good has ever come to me on a Tuesday.
06 The Pleasure Pact
Marisa Kruger was thirty-four years old, and she had spent eleven of those years being the most trustworthy woman in Bracken-Hollow.
07 The Clocktower Bet
The key stuck in the door of the Weaver's Rest, and Nellie Lowenstein gave it the same shoulder-jiggle she gave the clinic's supply…
08 Counterfeit Ledger
*This one came from a daydream about ledgers and lies, and how easily we trust a stamp and a signature.
09 Ember and Ink
Six years ago I kissed a man at a party and he disappeared the next morning.
10 The Slipstream Halt
*This one came out darker than I expected.
11 Hemlock Hours
Gabrielle Wentworth stood at the front of the granary and tapped the slate with her stick.
12 The Brewer's Price
*Hey there.
13 The Time-Slip Waitress
The clock above the pie case says 11:47.
14 The Second Trick
Cherie Gaines was twenty-eight years old and she could tell you the exact contents of her lunch cooler for the next eleven days without…
15 Debt of Echoes
Malik Dawkins was thirty-four years old, and he was watching a woman take his sound booth apart with her bare hands.
16 Last Shift at the Rebuild
Teresa Smithson walked into the bunker at dusk the way she had walked into it for fourteen years, which was to say without thinking much…
17 The Auctioneer and the Engineer
So here's how my night started, and I'll tell it straight because there's no point lying to you people.
18 Resonant Pairings
Damian Sanders was twenty-eight and he could not remember the last time Grace had cried in front of him before tonight.
19 Spite Trip
The galley smells like burnt rehydrated coffee and someone else's feet.
20 Orbital Bid
Amelie had watched a lot of people win things.
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