The Case of the Overly Amorous Pollinators: The Fetch City Files

Facing a Potential Pollination DisasterSebbie Mosarra handles strange happenings all over Fetch City. Some stranger than others.But a panicked call from the experimental wing of the botanical gardens startles even her.A threat to more than Fetch City looms, and buzzes, and flutters.Can Sebbie contain the trouble before all havoc breaks loose? Part of Magical Research Gone Wrong, an Uncollected Anthology An excerpt from The Case of the Overly Amorous Pollinators:The Birds and the Bees Gone AmokA strong mechanical and magically enhanced negative-pressure airflow nearly pushed Debbie inside, while hopefully keeping any stray insects, pollen, or spores from escaping into the wild.Where chaos immediately impacted all of her senses at once.Shouting from multiple species in various languages drowned out the typical soothing fan sounds, and a flurry of motion above and around her left Sebbie not knowing where to look.Instead of the pleasant, skin-relaxing humidity she'd expected, the air felt overly full of…Something thick and heavy and sticky, which explained the riot of aggressive scents she couldn't help inhaling, which let them coat her tongue and throat.A storm of orange and soil and rain and cayenne and rotten meat made her feel like she'd fallen head-first into a vat full of compost that had barely started processing itself. Kari Kilgore started her first published novel Until Death in Transylvania, Romania, and finished it in Room 217 at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, where Stephen King got the idea for The Shining. That's just one example of how real world inspiration drives her fiction.Kari's first published novel Until Death was included on the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award for Outstanding Achievement in a First Novel in 2016. It was also a finalist for the Golden Stake Award at the Vampire Arts Festival in 2018.Recent professional short story sales include three to Fiction River anthology magazine, with the first due out in the September issue. Kari also has two stories in a holiday-themed anthology project with Kristine Kathryn Rusch due out over the holidays in 2019.Kari writes fantasy, science fiction, horror, and contemporary fiction, and she's happiest when she surprises herself. She lives at the end of a long dirt road in the middle of the woods with her husband Jason Adams, various house critters, and wildlife they're better off not knowing more about.Kari's novels, novellas, and short stories are available at www.spiralpublishing.net, which also publishes books by Frank Kilgore and Jason Adams. For more information about Kari, upcoming publications, her travels and adventures, and random cool things that catch her attention, visit www.karikilgore.com.