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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan ) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Stories Driven by Soul-Crushing Debt Date: 7 Aug 2024 21:34:03 GMT Organization: loft Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net I+fV6MZ+GfQ6GqYYftnjQwucvHtNDE6SkQUiR9MBFOgtePXAQA X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:gkYFmJR16w3oHkRTgIehlu3WPig= sha256:FyrvP0Tdow+ihLlVNdIjRJN9uvK/yiY6ZNNSUk9suSY= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Bytes: 2152 In article , Bobbie Sellers wrote: >On 7/22/24 15:28, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> On 7/22/2024 9:08 AM, James Nicoll wrote: >>> And for my 500th piece at ReacTor (formerly tor dot com) >>> >>> Five SFF Stories Driven by Soul-Crushing Debt >>> >>> Some heroes are chosen by gods or wizards; others are just trying >>> to escape desperate perilous financial straits and survive a broken >>> system... >>> >>> https://reactormag.com/five-sff-stories-driven-by-soul-crushing-debt/ >> >> We are back to the zero for five for me. >> >> I would add "Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy, 1)" by Ilona Andrews to this list. >>    https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Hidden-Legacy-Ilona-Andrews/dp/0062289233/ >> >> Lynn >> >> > The title is "Minimum Wage Magic" by Rachel Aaron. > The protagonist is one Opal Yong-we who is having a bad string of >luck, you will find out why. She must keep up payment son her debt to her >Dragon Father/owner or go back to his creche and do only what he wants. > Aaron has invented the Detroit Free Zone which exists after >Magic returns(?) to Earth. > I reviewed that one a while back. Fun book. I think Magnus Ridulph took cases due to being dead broke a few times. -- columbiaclosings.com What's not in Columbia anymore..