Kristine Kathryn RUSCH - Libros y biografía

The kids at school call Wilhelmina “Cry-Baby Witch.” Kinda true. At least about the witch part. But they don’t know that, and Willi still struggles to control her magic.So, when she gets caught using...

When veteran New York Times reporter Frank Butler vacations at his grandmother’s old house in Bonner Bay, Oregon, he ignores the town’s strange goings-on. The locals usually appreciate his discretion....

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...

Joe Decker drinks because he can. In 1920s Paris, unlike Prohibition America, alcohol flows freely. He thinks he has come to Paris to write his novel, but he has come to Paris to block his visions with...

Elizabeth Tudor: her mother's daughter, flirtatious and bright; her father's daughter, ruthless and cold. Which part of her will win?Before her twenty-fifth year, she bore the titles of princess and prisoner,...

In a rundown bar on a space station at the end of the universe, a customer asks for passage to Dunyon. But the owner and bartender have never heard of Dunyon.When the next night, more and more people...

Rosalind, a princess of Orsem, believes the kingdom values her less than a coin of the realm. Her father, the King, confirms her belief when he decides to marry her to a prince from a neighboring kingdom,...

The man who calls himself Matt Sturtz only connects with other human beings at Christmas.  He takes a job as a mall Santa, and marvels that no one checks his resume, or his identification for that matter....

"Kristine Kathryn Rusch ventures into (darker than) Zenna Henderson territory in her effective and atmospheric two-track story 'The End of the World.'"—SF SiteSmall-town detective Becca Keller must struggle...

Cudahay tracks ghosts. Not the ethereal kind. The regret-dating-you-so-they-disappear kind. He makes a business out of it with his partner, Serena. She deals with the losers and their sob stories, he...

People often misquote Benjamin Franklin on the only certainties in life—death and taxes. But Patrick wonders about the truth in that.Once, young and foundering, he embarked on a quest to challenge life’s...

For his entire life, Willard Harrison envied Mrs. Rose Grenlauer, but never more than now. Willard lost his arm, his wife, and everything he owned to the Yankees.Now the Yankees hold Memphis, and he can't...

When Mount Rushmore suddenly disappears—no more presidents gracing its face—The American Observer sends Emelia Sunlake to give the California perspective.Emelia wants to put "a white, middle-class, female...

The entire neighborhood hates Wicked the dog. Wicked, the aptly named baggage that arrived with Ike's daughter and granddaughter after they escaped his bastard son-in-law.Wicked barks all the time—until...

Buster's final wish—a Viking funeral. Although Winston, a small magician with a small talent, wants to give his familiar his ideal funeral, he can't imagine how he'll manage burning boat at sea. Still,...

Her family called her Hilda, before the war, before the Great Wulf murdered them all with his mind. Now the war has ended, leaving Europe in ruin, and the remaining Nazis have scattered. Hilda hunts them,...

Because he lost his arm in the war against Napoleon, Nicholas cannot return to Society. The ton will reject him.Now, he lives in solitude in his estate, claiming he prefers it.Then a child arrives. A...

For seniors who need a comfortable place to live, SeniorSource fits the bill. Zero-g, medical care, even a work exchange program for those who can’t afford it otherwise.For one former NYPD detective,...

Rebekah uses her Sight to fight for good. She works for the Voodoo Project, although her work involves psy ops, not voodoo. She fears retirement and a normal life. So she keeps working, going on missions,...

Crime reporter Atkins discovered Scrawny Pete at the scene of a murder-suicide. The hard-bitten reporter took to the cat, and the cat took to him.Together they travel through the city on the police beat—until...

Talia and Max seldom work together at a crime scene, but on this one they must, not just because of the lives lost or the way they died, but because of the memories the crime brings up.Now, Talia must...

Hayes loves the Earth to the Moon route on Christmas Eve. It pays triple.But Trish, his companion on this Christmas Eve flight, offers a perspective that mixes history and the future and the meaning of...

When a teenager disappears on the Starlight, the starship captain and crew assume they know why.But one passenger decides to dig deeper. Rostifican uses his many skills to investigate the ship's history—one...

Kaylee uses her magic to help her boss, Nia, keep the balance when Nia needs someone with Kaylee's particular talents. But when Kaylee returns to work shortly after her fiancé dies, the assignment Nia...

When the storm of the century hits Whale Rock, Sheriff Dan Retsler does everything he can to prevent hundreds of deaths. Everything except the thing that could have prevented the storm in the first place....

Carol wants a nap. Carol needs a nap. And no one will let her have one because the grown-ups need her. But the grown-ups underestimate Carol. And they fail to realize that Carol will do anything to get...

According to Officer Nick Mantino, Nutball Season runs from Halloween to Christmas.  This Christmas season, he sees more than his usual number of nutballs.Like the geezer who thinks he has been cast in...

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...

Kristine Kathryn Rusch's alternate history stories have won or been nominated for every award in the sf field. "The Arrival of Truth" shows why. In pre-Civil War Virginia, some slaves tell a story about...

Laurel helps many people who return from the desert shaken by what they've seen—or think they've seen. But Mark seems different. He listens to her, and he makes her obsession with finding the strange...