A beautiful mermaid and a handsome man. Everyone's read that story. A legend, a fairytale. But what happens when someone really lives that story?Merlisa and Nicholas know. They live the legend-and maybe they will die for it.In "Living the Legend, " Kristine Kathryn Rusch brings her signature twist to a classic fairytale."Rusch's short fiction is golden."-Kansas City Star

Living the Legend

Les Fey, tome 4 : Les Représailles

Everyone wants the ability to teleport from one place to another in an instant. But what happens if something goes wrong? And what happens if the government refuses to listen?When a journalist on assignment visits a convention held by a fringe group who believes that teleportation has changed them-he wonders how he will manage to complete his assignment. But the more he talks to the TVSo?s, the more he becomes convinced they might not be crazy-they might just be right. Finalist for the Best Fiction Maggie Award given by the Western Publications Association.

Going Native

When Greta arrives at Grayson Place with her ballet company, her memories haunt her. Karl Grayson died there twenty years earlier, but she returns to the mansion for the company's fiftieth-anniversary gala anyway, just as he wished. Karl's death freed her once. Or did it?"Like early Ray Bradbury, Rusch has the ability to turn on a universal dark."-The Times (London)

Waltzing on a Dancer's Grave

When Susan gave birth to her son on Christmas Day, she named him Harold, after her late father. All his life, Harold wanted to sing. And all his life, Harold met with disappointment. So, when his own son arrives on December 25 as well, Harold faces a difficult choice: continue the legacy or spare his son the same hardships."Rusch's short fiction is golden."-Kansas City Star

Harold Angel

When the first solar eclipse in years arrives on the Oregon Coast, Bryce Walker faces west, away from the eclipse. Instead of watching the sun go dark, he sees a woman wade into the dark, dangerous ocean. Alone. He needs to help her. Because no one else sees her. No one else even knows she's there. Bryce's attempt at heroism might save a life or two-maybe even his own.

Totality

People fear Judge Esmé Morell. They call her The Hanging Judge because she actually uses the execution chamber she travels with from colony to colony. She places market value on lives. But she might come to regret that. Because not everyone fears her as much as she thinks. In this insightful story, Hugo Award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch proves that when it comes to space exploration, expect the unexpected."Rusch has style."-Charles de Lint

The Hanging Judge

The woman who calls Police Detective Riley Scott possesses a voice he finds incredibly sexy. He wants to keep her talking. She wants to set up an appointment so that he can arrest her for robbing the National Bank and Trust. Just one problem: No one has robbed that bank in more than a decade. Detective Scott writes it off as a crank call until he gets another one. And another. Detective Scott thinks she might be crazy. But he wants more than anything to meet the owner of that voice. Even if it means going on a wild goose chase.

Scheduling Conflict

Leta's death leaves her husband Mac with his memories and one famous holorecording.  On June 16, 2001, Leta ate at a restaurant called Anna's, and a time travel recording made of that day later became a sensation. Leta collected all of the versions of that recording, but Mac has never seen it. Until now. Called "hauntingly sad" by the Sacramento Book Review, and chosen as one of the best science fiction stories of the year, June Sixteenth at Anna's is one of Kristine Kathryn Rusch's most memorable stories.".what a writer [Rusch] is. Her subject matter may cover the normal topics of science fiction and other genres, but the main memory you take away is the way she approaches the story and her unique vision for the characters."-The Baryon Review

Living the Legend

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