A Singularity in Scarlet
by Gregory D. Little
Bell wants nothing more than to ignore the demons of her past, soak up the sun on a beach resort moon, and get her mojo back. But it turns out paradise has a price: solving another f*#@ing murder.
Amid the sinking metropolis of Scarlet City, renowned for its peaceful populace, pristine natural beauty, and distressingly omnivorous wildlife, death has struck. In the headquarters of a technology giant, a woman’s body has appeared, seemingly materializing in a locked room full of VIPs and bearing the hallmarks of an attack by the moon’s mysterious indigenous species, who have never before attacked so brazenly.
The optics are terrible, the C-suite types want answers, and Bell is press-ganged into finding them. But everything is not as it seems, be it murder, merger, or the colony which spawned them. Between a busybody detective so bored with his overly peaceful job he’s willing to sacrifice his free time, a femme fatale executive witness/suspect whom Bell would much rather “interrogate” than interrogate, and repeated attempts on her own life, Bell can’t figure out how to shirk this responsibility.
One thing is certain: out of the two she’s had to solve, this will be her toughest case yet.
About the Author: Gregory D. Little
Gregory D. Little is the author of both the Mutagen Deception series and the Unwilling Souls series, the concluding volume of which, UNFINISHED DEAD, will be available in June of 2022. His short fiction can be found in THE COLORED LENS and the A GAME OF HORNS, DRAGON WRITERS, UNDERCURRENTS, ECLECTICALLY SCIENTIFIC, and MISSPELLED. He writes the kind of stories he likes to read, tales of human failure and redemption set in strange worlds where, be they magical or technological, everything is not as it seems. And spiders. He’s fond of spiders.