The Space Between Hope and Dreams

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Before he left to fight in World War II, Jack promised Myrtle he'd be home for Christmas. But Myrtle begged Jack not to make a promise he couldn't keep. 
Christmas after Christmas, decade after decade, Myrtle thinks of Jack and his promise, of the life they might have had were it not for the war. 
Until Myrtle finally understands that somehow, someday, Jack will find his way home for Christmas. 
A story about love, loss, and possibilities that takes us all to the space between hopes and dreams.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WMG Publishing
• Release date: Nov 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386846758

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

USA Today bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. Under that name, she publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov’s Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award. Publications from The Chicago Tribune to Booklist have included her Kris Nelscott mystery novels in their top-ten-best mystery novels of the year. The Nelscott books have received nominations for almost every award in the mystery field, including the best novel Edgar Award, and the Shamus Award. She writes goofy romance novels as award-winner Kristine Grayson, romantic suspense as Kristine Dexter, and futuristic sf as Kris DeLake.  She also edits. Beginning with work at the innovative publishing company, Pulphouse, followed by her award-winning tenure at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, she took fifteen years off before returning to editing with the original anthology series Fiction River, published by WMG Publishing. She acts as series editor with her husband, writer Dean Wesley Smith, and edits at least two anthologies in the series per year on her own. To keep up with everything she does, go to kriswrites.com and sign up for her newsletter. To track her many pen names and series, see their individual websites (krisnelscott.com, kristinegrayson.com, krisdelake.com, retrievalartist.com, divingintothewreck.com). She lives and occasionally sleeps in Oregon.

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Kristine Kathryn Rusch

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The Space Between Hope and Dreams

I’LL BE HOME for Christmas," Jack said that afternoon, hand cupping her cheek. Myrtle leaned into him, believing him, even though in her heart, she knew— they knew—he couldn’t come home until the war let him.

The war had engulfed the world, and it finally engulfed her. Twenty-two years old, a baby on the way—but not visible—something she hadn’t known when he walked away from their house. She couldn’t see him off. He was deploying somewhere secret.

He was a tall man, perfect in his uniform, hat tucked under his arm—the most military of