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.
Stories in Sci-Fi & Fantasy tagged uniforms, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 22 to 26 minutes. Writers to know: Indigo Coda, Midnight Porch and Quiet Post. Readers usually start with “The Pleasure Pact” and “The Venus Return”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Marisa Kruger was thirty-four years old, and she had spent eleven of those years being the most trustworthy woman in Bracken-Hollow.
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