The science fiction novelette тАЬRequired to Assist,тАЭ a mystery set on board a colony ship, where one woman alone is woken by the shipтАЩs droids to solve a murder.
тАЬSword and Tattoo,тАЭ a fantasy short story where a stranger stumbles into a hidden town. He brings danger with him, but the people of the town just might be more dangerous still.
The science fiction short story тАЬBeing NeighborlyтАЭ, a light-hearted tale of a human family homesteading on a world side by side with a very alien people.
тАЬTumbling UpтАЭ, a science fiction short story about a group of diplomats attempting to negotiate a peace with an aquatic alien species.
тАЬDeath SpiralтАЭ, a science fiction mystery where a security officer must solve a murder and keep a strange species of aliens calm at the same time.
Kate MacLeod has written stories which have appeared in┬аAnalog,┬аStrange Horizons┬аand┬аMythic Delirium, among other places. She is also the author of two young adult science fictions series:┬аThe Travels of Scout Shannon, and┬аThe Ritchie and Fitz Sci-Fi Murder Mysteries. She also contributes to a serialized science fiction podcast called┬аThe Tales of the Chai Makhani Trio. She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You can learn more about her work at KateMacLeodWrites.com.