Dust

by A.G. Carpenter

Half-Fae cop, Jonas Flannery has lost enough partners in his years on the job - to drugs, to corruption, to the monsters that prowl the streets. When his current partner, Lola Rodriguez, is whammied by a dying pixie queen, he finds himself in a race against time to find the drug producing Dust farm, free the other Corlun, and save Lola before the magic breaks her mind.

26 pages, ebook

First published July 28, 2015

About the author

A.G. Carpenter writes fiction of (and for) all sorts. She's had Twitter fiction published at One Forty Fiction and Trapeze Magazine. Her short stories have appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Goldfish Grimm's Spicy Fiction Sushi, Abyss & Apex, and Stupefying Stories Showcase. Individual novelettes are available as eBooks through most electronic vendors.

She loves movies where things explode, strong tea with milk and sugar, and cool, gray days. Her favorite color is black.

Repped by Bob Mecoy.

Reviews

[Theodore Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

Badass faeries. Nuff said.

Anyway, this story really made me feel warm and fuzzy, and slightly scared for my life, especially by the end. I love fairy stories! Warning though, it's short as all get-out, a single-sitting read. It stands up by itself with A.G. Carpenter's other works. Stands tall and proud and really enjoyable, with great characters, an interesting mixture of mortal and fey, and a simple, yet elegant, magic system. If you hadn't already guessed, I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

[Louis III · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stories about fairies are not really my thing, however, I loved the detective noir paradigm that this book lives in. The funny thing is that the way the story is told, I got invested in the detective main character before I even realized that the story centered on a magical hidden world living side by side with banal humanity.

If you like fairy stories, and pulp detective works, check Dust out.