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Micro-epics from Borrowed Time — now on Amazon — plus free reads from the Babushka universe.

The five stories below remain public here and on the excerpts page. Sign up for free and use the Babushka Reader to read all eight, including The Empty Berth, All Bodies Are Provisional, and What the Spine Remembers.

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The Mirror Wolf

A Black Wolf sergeant patrols Gred's frozen machine graveyard, haunted by old scars and aging bones, until something unexpected arrives.

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Boiler Nine

Sergeant Elina Kovalenko enters Boiler Nine to restore heat and finds a condemned block the ledgers have erased.

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The Last Man

Beneath a city still digesting the old wars, Pavel Kirov walks into a clinic where the only currency that still scans as dangerous is living code.

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Baba Medved and the Syndicate of Steel

Forest guardian Baba Medved defends her sacred woods from relentless mechanical beasts.

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The Price of Water

Lev, a former doctor, navigates the Kyzylkum desert while haunted by the memory of his family and a past tied to a powerful AI.

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