Death Spiral

Kate MacLeod

Aug 2023 · Ratatoskr Press

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Sanyah Allani, born on a space station, once dreamt of retirement on a cabin down on Earth. But when she finds herself suddenly a widow, that dream loses all appeal. Instead, she goes to a mining asteroid, taking work as a security officer.

But what was meant to be a sleepy posting becomes anything but, when a dead body is found deep in one of the mine’s caves. A murder, but worse, the victim isn’t even supposed to be there.

And the aliens the humans share the mining rights to the asteroid with are livid. Now Allani has to not only solve a murder, but also keep an important, if hard to communicate with, species of allies at peace.

“Death Spiral”, a science fiction short story originally published in Analog magazine.

About the author

Kate MacLeod has written stories which have appeared in Analog, Strange Horizons and Mythic Delirium, among other places. She is also the author of two young adult science fictions series: The Travels of Scout Shannon, and The Ritchie and Fitz Sci-Fi Murder Mysteries. She also contributes to a serialized science fiction podcast called The Tales of the Chai Makhani Trio. She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You can learn more about her work at KateMacLeodWrites.com.

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