While the Rat's Away
About this ebook
Indeed, Sister June never strayed beyond the boundaries of the dome on Mars that housed her commune. And she never intended to wake on the journey from that dome to another on the far side of the universe.
But a pair of stowaways drain too many resources from the other travelers, forcing all of them as well as the man entrusted to transport them to their destination to spend the journey meant for cold sleep awake and in each other’s company.
The stowaways are like no one Sister June has ever met before. Brash and assertive, they show no fear at making their opinions and desires known.
But as strange as they are, they just might be more worthy of trust than the man hired to keep her and her people safe.
“While the Rat’s Away,” a science fiction short story which originally appeared in the pages of Analog Science Fiction & Fact 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.
