New science fiction short story has arrived: Gleam of Moonlight–release date 8/2, pre-order available now.

The bleak slumland of Junktown is in the grip of two terrible scourges: the affliction of a rare and fatal disease in children and the influx of a mysterious new narcotic known as Moonlight. The only known cure to the illness rests in the hands of black market physicians inside a neighboring citadel, but no one gets inside those walls without their business being known by the telepathic Searchers, who will turn away, incarcerate, or kill anyone that dares to attain that illicit remedy. But the desperate father of a sick boy is convinced that he knows the way in, but first he’ll have to visit an uncanny Junktown doctor and discover the dreadful secrets behind that seductive stimulant called Moonlight.

Okay, so, it’s not a laff-a-minnit lark. That should be obvious. But that’s okay, because as previously mentioned, the last entry in the Hopeless Harry series is not too far off, so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, if you got a buck burning a hole in your pocket, you can get yourself a grim and grungy aperitif called Gleam of Moonlight (chase it with motor oil to have a good time*).

*Do not drink motor oil. Just…just don’t.