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Free Fiction Monday: Transport

When a teenager disappears on the Starlight, the starship captain and crew assume they know why. But one passenger decides to dig deeper. Rostifican uses his many skills to investigate the ship’s history—one with a number of suspicious incidents. What Rostifican discovers soon proves darker than anything he could ever have imagined, something he needs […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/10/19/free-fiction-monday-transport/

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Free Fiction Monday: Playing with Reality

For the first time, Charles Myloft Martin the Third shows up at a storied Georgia golf course without her father. And learns that even in the 21st century, some institutions live in the past. Only this golf course’s strange pro-am exists in at least three different worlds. The past, the present, and somewhere else. Somewhere […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/09/28/free-fiction-monday-playing-with-reality/

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Free Fiction Monday: Ice Breakers

Maya knows her job as mining supervisor, and she knows it well. But do the higher-ups listen to her? Of course not. But when the biggest ice storm yet hits Xeunite, Maya finds her incompetent bosses the least of her worries. As the storm rages, Maya faces life-and-death decisions—ones she might not survive. “Ice Breakers” […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/09/14/free-fiction-monday-ice-breakers/

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Free Fiction Monday: Coin of the Realm

Rosalind’s father never listened. The King. The Ruling Monarch. The Man Who Thought He Knew More About Everything Than Anyone Else. Only he didn’t know his daughter Rosalind. The daughter he treated like a coin passing through his fingers, about to marry her off to a wealthy enemy while assassins lurked. The daughter who might […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/08/17/free-fiction-monday-coin-of-the-realm/

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Free Fiction: Purity Test

At the Keep, women serve one purpose: pawns for greater power. Power belonging to Micheline’s father. He uses magic to achieve that goal, but that magic serves another purpose, as well. It tests a woman’s purity. And what Micheline learns about this test will change her forever. “Purity Test” is free on this website for […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/08/03/free-fiction-purity-test/

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Free Fiction: Purity Test

At the Keep, women serve one purpose: pawns for greater power. Power belonging to Micheline’s father. He uses magic to achieve that goal, but that magic serves another purpose, as well. It tests a woman’s purity. And what Micheline learns about this test will change her forever. “Purity Test” is free on this website for […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/08/03/free-fiction-purity-test/

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Free Fiction Monday: Murder, She Workshopped

Sometimes New York Times bestselling writer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, smears the lines between fantasy and crime fiction. Margarite Lawson, the famous mystery writer, substitutes at every writing workshop she can. Lawson, famous not just for her mysteries, but for the fact that death stalks her everywhere she goes. Death follows her because she provokes it all—for […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/06/29/free-fiction-monday-murder-she-workshopped/

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Free Fiction Monday: G-Men

February, 1964: Two men die in a squalid alley in a bad neighborhood. New York Homicide Detective Seamus O’Reilly receives the shock of his life when he looks at the men’s identification: J. Edgar Hoover, the famous, tyrannical director of the FBI, and his number one assistant, Clyde Tolson. O’Reilly teams up with FBI agent […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/06/01/free-fiction-monday-g-men/

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Free Fiction Monday: Dunyon

In a rundown bar on a space station at the end of the universe, a customer asks for passage to Dunyon. But the bartender has never heard of Dunyon. But more and more people arrive, all wanting to go to Dunyon—creating a huge crisis for that little bar, the space station, and maybe the universe. […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/05/11/free-fiction-monday-dunyon/

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Free Fiction Monday: Perennials

Santa Cruz right after the 1989 earthquake. Broken concrete, broken dreams. One woman uses time slips to escape that moment only to find herself in a tangle of family. She needs a solution that will survive…long after she does. “Perennials” is free on this website for one week only. You can get your own copy […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/05/04/free-fiction-monday-perennials/

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Free Fiction Monday: Worlds Enough…And Time

Whenever things get rough, Roxanne escapes to other worlds. She possesses a talent that no one else believes exists. Except her granddaughter Marissa, who exhibits the same talent. Roxanne wants to train Marissa to live with her talent, but the rest of the family wants to stop her. They fear Marissa will end up like […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/27/free-fiction-monday-worlds-enough-and-time/

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Free Fiction Monday: Hot Water

After a vicious attack, Louisa wants her life back. She takes the first step in her new home, filled with art and mementos, high in the hills, on a beautiful dark night. A night that will take an ugly turn. A night no one ever anticipated. “Hot Water” is free on this site for one […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/06/free-fiction-monday-hot-water/

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Free Fiction Monday: Going Native

When a journalist on assignment visits a convention held by a fringe group who believes that teleportation has changed them—he wonders how he will manage to complete his assignment. But the more he talks to the TVSo?s, the more he becomes convinced they might not be crazy—they might just be right.  Finalist for the Best […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/03/30/free-fiction-monday-going-native/

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Free Fiction Monday: Crunchers, Inc.

Edith works for Number Crunchers Incorporated. Her job? Determine the monetary worth of each human being.  But her corporation faces a nemesis—the EISHies. The ridiculously sentimental organization sabotages Crunchers, Inc. and other places just like it. Edith must discover how the EISHies infiltrated her business—and then figure out what to do about it, without succumbing […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/03/23/free-fiction-monday-crunchers-inc/

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Free Fiction Monday: Skating in Time

Mickey never imagined her life would turn out this way. But she learned the hard way that life holds many surprises. Seeking solace on the skating rink, she discovers that life’s changes hold hope for new beginnings—if only she knows where to look. “Skating in Time” is available on this site for one week only. […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/03/02/free-fiction-monday-skating-in-time/

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Free Fiction Monday: Renn And The Little Men

In the Wild West, gunslingers populate the legend of many a dime novel. And Renn knows her way around a gun—and a book—better than most of them, including her famous brother, who can credit his skills to Renn. So, when the strange little men show up looking to hire her…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/02/02/free-fiction-monday-renn-and-the-little-men/

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Free Fiction Monday: Renn And The Little Men

In the Wild West, gunslingers populate the legend of many a dime novel. And Renn knows her way around a gun—and a book—better than most of them, including her famous brother, who can credit his skills to Renn. So, when the strange little men show up looking to hire her…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/02/02/free-fiction-monday-renn-and-the-little-men/

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Free Fiction Monday: The Room Where It Happened

Emma finally achieves her life-long dream—two season tickets to Broadway shows. Sure, touring shows. In North Dakota. But still, special. Now she needs a special someone to share them with.   That special someone must love spontaneous song and energetic musicals. And…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/15/free-fiction-monday-the-room-where-it-happened/

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Free Fiction Monday: Dragon Slayer

Fifteen dragons dead in less than a century. Rumaad, a different kind of dragon, collects information about the killings the way some dragons collect jewels. Perfectly suited to see the differences in the latest crime scene, he investigates the...
https://kriswrites.com/2023/01/30/free-fiction-monday-dragon-slayer-2/

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Free Fiction Monday: Ice Breakers

Maya knows her job as mining supervisor, and she knows it well. But do the higher-ups listen to her? Of course not. But when the biggest ice storm yet hits Xeunite, Maya finds her incompetent bosses the least of her worries. As the storm rages, Maya...
https://kriswrites.com/2023/01/23/free-fiction-monday-ice-breakers/

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Free Fiction Monday: Turbulence

Every frequent flyer shares a nightmare—trapped inside a plane in trouble. The key? Don’t think about it. Until you sit next to the wrong woman on the wrong flight on the wrong day… “Turbulence,” by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn...
https://kriswrites.com/2023/01/09/free-fiction-monday-turbulence/