Two short stories by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald, set in the universe of the popular Mageworlds series.
In one, a pair of free-spacers have more fun on shore-leave than they really wanted when their ship touches down in the wide-open asteroid town On Suivi Point.
In the second, a murder, a mystery, and academia mix with surprises aplenty during A Death in the Working.
"On Suivi Point" first appeared in Cosmic Tales: Adventures in the Far Future, T. K. F. Weisskopf, ed. Baen Books, 2005.
"A Death in the Working" first appeared in Murder by Magic, Rosemary Edghill, ed., Warner/Aspect, October 2004.
The Mageworlds: "One of the most enjoyable space opera series currently being written."
-- Asimov's Science Fiction
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