{"id":2309,"date":"2013-04-30T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2013-04-29T20:08:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T01:08:44","slug":"free-short-story-betrayal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/?p=2309","title":{"rendered":"Free Short Story: Betrayal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Betrayal_Cover\"<\/a>The world is glued to the television in an all-too familiar scene as disaster strikes. This time, it’s an alien fleet attacking the Earth. And the threat is bigger — more real — than it has ever been before. But there is one difference. One of the people watching is an alien. And Liz knows it.<\/p>\n

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I wrote this story many years ago. It was my audition piece for the boot camp I took with Orson Scot Card in 2003, so I have a certain fondness for the tale.\u00a0It was later published in Aoife’s Kiss in June of 2008.<\/p>\n

The rights have long since come back to me. So I decided to self-publish it on Smashwords<\/a>. It’s a freebie for my readers to enjoy. A quick read, too — under 4,000 words.<\/p>\n

You can still order a back edition of Aoife’s Kiss<\/a> if you are determined to read the story in print. It’s issue #25.<\/p>\n

I hesitated to publish this only because the story does read to me like something I wrote ten years ago. This is pre-Touch of Fate<\/em>, and I feel strongly that my writing has improved with each new novel. If you like it, I hope you’ll consider giving my other stuff a try. If you’ve already read my other stuff — thanks and enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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