Ghostly Kitty, who once jostled Samson, no longer possesses a physical form.
Loquacious Lara, who missed his lack of interest in her words, no longer articulates anything.
Eternal wanderer Mo, who couldn’t take Samson where he wanted to go, has lost the ability to get anywhere deliberately ever again.
Wil, who failed to hold a door for Samson, now opens doors for everyone everywhere all the time.
The newcomer Myke Fuller suffers from the worst curse of all of them.
But he just might also hold the key to all their salvations.
If they can trust him. And themselves.
“The Rod of Circe,” a fantasy novelette of magic, curses and improbable heists.
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.