Imagine a dinner party in an English country manor with an American cook named Bubba making a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, waiters from Cal Tech, British royalty among the guests, a cat named Pudgy, and a thief. Honestly, what could go wrong?This delightful holiday mystery by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch offers a veritable buffet of intriguing characters."Rusch's short fiction is golden."-Kansas City Star

Pudgygate

Portia Meadows runs one of the few pet stores that sells familiars to the magical. Familiars-delicate, moody creatures-keep magic clean and pure. To lose a familiar means losing magic. And on a bright afternoon, Portia's assistant discovers that something essential has disappeared, threatening not just the magical within the store, but throughout the world."Rusch's short fiction is golden."-Kansas City Star

The Poop Thief

Prince Tadeo has his heart set on a Songbird for the coronation. He sends Reynaldo, the best magic hunter in the business, after it. Once upon a time, Songbirds served the king. Now Reynaldo must convince one Songbird to return. Just one. Or he will use devastating magic to make sure she never sings from her heart again."A joy of clarity and lyricism. [Rusch] is a new breed of writer: a Renaissance woman."-Charles de Lint

Songbirds

Les Fey sont un peuple de guerriers dont l'empire s'est étendu aux trois quarts du monde. Ils maîtrisent l'art de la magie et comptent parmi leurs rangs toutes sortes de créatures, atouts majeurs pour assouvir leur soif inextinguible de conquête et de sang. 
Il leur manque cependant une terre vierge de toute guerre, l'Île bleue, territoire riche et stratégique. Rugar, le fils du Roi noir, décide contre l'avis de son père de mener l'assaut. 
Lorsque l'armée de Rugar aborde l'île, le carnage commence. La victoire semble proche, la population est terrorisée, le roi ne sait que faire, la mort s'est abattue sur son royaume avec une violence infernale. Mais soudain, les cris ne sont plus les mêmes, la douleur qui résonne n'est plus celle des insulaires mais celle des Fey eux-mêmes. 
Quelle arme terrible a soudain inversé les rapports de force entre les deux peuples ? La magie des Fey sera-t-elle assez puissante pour gagner cette guerre ? L'attente sera longue, très longue.
L'Invasion est le premier volume d'une saga passionnante, originale et inventive. Kristine Kathryn Rusch s'impose comme la nouvelle grande dame de la fantasy moderne.

Les fey t.1 ; l'invasion

Years before the Anniversary Day crisis, Armstrong Police Detective Noelle DeRicci investigates a body dumped in a compost bin. But what seems like a regular murder case suddenly puts everyone she knows at risk. And it poses a very political question: How far should she push for the rights of clones?Winner of the 2015 Asimov's Readers' Choice Award for Best Novella."Inhuman Garbage, " first published in Asimov's, appears in a different form in Book Seven of the Anniversary Day Saga, Starbase Human."We get some surprising revelations in a story rich with intrigue mixed with science fiction and police procedural. Rusch is so good at this sort of thing. This will be on my Hugo Short List for Novella next year."- Sam Tomaino, SF Revu".Well done with a good twist and a surprising conclusion."-Eric "The Mailman's" Book Blog"The story manages to weave an interesting mystery, and while it leaves a few characters sure that they've lost, it pulls off a fairly fitting ending."-Tangent"Set in the not too distant future, the latest entry in Rusch's popular sf thriller series combines fast-paced action, beautifully conflicted protagonists, and a distinctly 'sf noir' feel to tell  a complex and far-reaching mystery."-Library Journal on Anniversary Day"Anniversary Day is an edge-of-the-seat thriller that will keep you turning pages late into the night and it's also really good science fiction. What's not to like?"-Analog on Anniversary Day ". the Anniversary Day Saga could become a milestone in the field."-Amazing Stories

Inhuman Garbage - Retrieval Artist

The Princess-once named Cinder Ella-murdered. The Prince missing. The King demanding justice. Only the sheriff knows that justice means destroying the kingdom. Can he do it? Can he convince the King to go along? "Rusch is a great storyteller."-RT Book Reviews

Love and Justice

Pamela Jackson's secrets forced her to change her identity and move to the Oregon Coast. When Pamela finds herself called to jury duty-and worse, selected for the jury on a murder trial-she fears she must see it through to keep up appearances as an upstanding citizen. But Pamela might know a little too much about murder to pull it off. "Kristine Kathryn Rusch's crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style." -Ed Gorman, Mystery Scene Magazine

Jury Duty

L'Homme qui enseigne la guerre aux enfants est assis dans ma salle d'attente. Il est mince, frêle ; ses cheveux ont prématurément blanchi. Il s'est recroquevillé comme le ferait un enfant, les bras croisés sur son ventre dans une parodie d'étreinte.
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Un enfant est censé passer deux ans à étudier la guerre. Les gamins vont voir des batailles célèbres et en découvrent ensuite les conséquences. Ils utilisent pour cela des cabines spéciales auxquelles n'ont pas accès le commun des voyageurs dans le temps - les enfants doivent pouvoir sentir la crasse, toucher le sang, percevoir l'odeur de pourriture.
De cette manière, et uniquement de cette manière, nous empêchons notre peuple de partir en guerre.

Dommage collatéral

Everyone thinks of Kyle as the good-for-nothing only son of Jackson Worthington. But Kyle keeps his real nature hidden: from his father, from his classmates, from everyone. Until he discovers a body in an alley on the way home from school. The police can't solve the crime, but Kyle can-unless his very wealthy and very powerful father stops him."Kristine Kathryn Rusch's crime stories are exceptional, both in plot and in style."-Mystery Scene Magazine

Pudgygate

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