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  • (ReacTor) Five SFF Stories Driven by Soul-Crushing Debt

    From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 22 14:08:35 2024
    And for my 500th piece at ReacTor (formerly tor dot com)

    Five SFF Stories Driven by Soul-Crushing Debt

    Some heroes are chosen by gods or wizards; others are just trying
    to escape desperate perilous financial straits and survive a broken system...

    https://reactormag.com/five-sff-stories-driven-by-soul-crushing-debt/

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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Wed Aug 7 14:12:21 2024
    On 7/22/24 15:28, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 7/22/2024 9:08 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    And for my 500th piece at ReacTor (formerly tor dot com)

    Five SFF Stories Driven by Soul-Crushing Debt

    Some heroes are chosen by gods or wizards; others are just trying
    to escape desperate perilous financial straits and survive a broken
    system...

    https://reactormag.com/five-sff-stories-driven-by-soul-crushing-debt/

    We are back to the zero for five for me.

    I would add "Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, 1)" by Ilona Andrews to this list.
       https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Hidden-Legacy-Ilona-Andrews/dp/0062289233/

    Lynn


    The title is "Minimum Wage Magic" by Rachel Aaron.
    The protagonist is one Opal Yong-we who is having a bad string of
    luck, you will find out why. She must keep up payment son her debt to her Dragon Father/owner or go back to his creche and do only what he wants.
    Aaron has invented the Detroit Free Zone which exists after
    Magic returns(?) to Earth.

    bliss-pushing 87 yoa

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.co on Wed Aug 7 21:34:03 2024
    In article <v90nvm$3bmoo$1@dont-email.me>,
    Bobbie Sellers <blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
    On 7/22/24 15:28, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 7/22/2024 9:08 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    And for my 500th piece at ReacTor (formerly tor dot com)

    Five SFF Stories Driven by Soul-Crushing Debt

    Some heroes are chosen by gods or wizards; others are just trying
    to escape desperate perilous financial straits and survive a broken
    system...

    https://reactormag.com/five-sff-stories-driven-by-soul-crushing-debt/

    We are back to the zero for five for me.

    I would add "Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, 1)" by Ilona Andrews to this list. >>    https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Hidden-Legacy-Ilona-Andrews/dp/0062289233/ >>
    Lynn


    The title is "Minimum Wage Magic" by Rachel Aaron.
    The protagonist is one Opal Yong-we who is having a bad string of
    luck, you will find out why. She must keep up payment son her debt to her >Dragon Father/owner or go back to his creche and do only what he wants.
    Aaron has invented the Detroit Free Zone which exists after
    Magic returns(?) to Earth.


    I reviewed that one a while back. Fun book.

    I think Magnus Ridulph took cases due to being dead broke a few times.
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