A week ago, I got the email confirming what I had already assumed: my submission to the Machine of Death anthology was rejected. I thought it turned out well, maybe better than anything else I’ve written, but it wasn’t good enough to make the cut out of 685 entries.

Know who did make it? Shaenon. Heh.

I dunno, maybe short fiction isn’t my thing after all. Still, I might as well publish it here. First read the introduction necessary to understand the story, then continue on…

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Here it is, finally. Once again, certain copyrights are reserved through a Creative Commons license; click the CC link at the end of the story for details.

Special thanks to the two ex-military women whose backgrounds I cannibalized for Charity’s story.
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