Severance

When Riker Cain walks into Linn Shek's bar, he kills the man sent to assassinate Linn by an old enemy. At that moment, Linn knows her past as Eidolinn Sheekagh, the Annym Roosteyr (dispatcher of souls), has come back to haunt her and the team that dissolved to protect each other fifteen years ago after a mission went wrong.. A team that is now all dead, except for her. And Riker has a connection to that past mission. . .

A science fiction horror western novelette.

Content Warning: This story deals with abuse, child abuse, mutilation, and murder.