Smart Contract

There's a price on her head. All they have to do is figure out who put it there.

Smart Contract

In “Mythaxis 44”, Mythaxis Magazine (2025)

short story – science-fiction

Excerpt

This is screwed up,” says Webb. “Who takes out a hit on a sixteen-year-old girl?”

Dayne doesn’t answer, her attention fixed on the screen in front of her. It shows a three-part view of the interview room, two cameras focused on the faces of the girl and her mother, the bottom half of the screen showing a wide view from above the interviewer. Dayne would rather be in the room, where she could see the body language firsthand.

The interviewer is a motherly woman from the Bronx named Leticia, a regular on cases involving minors. “Can you think of anyone who might want to hurt you, Luisa?” she asks.