The Cleaner's Debt
The penthouse smelled like lemon cleaner and old money.
Stories in Sci-Fi & Fantasy tagged food play, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 23 to 27 minutes. Writers to know: Sundown Wanderer, Silver Current and Coral Works. Readers usually start with “The Cleaner's Debt” and “Debt of Echoes”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
The penthouse smelled like lemon cleaner and old money.
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