Recruitment: Inklet, #97

By Amy Laurens

The sun sinks toward the horizon and sweat drips down Dave's face as he waits by a deserted road for something—or someone—unknown.

This job interview? Not quite matching his expectations. But then again, in the middle of a war between human and fey, why would it? And with his fridge and bank account both running low, Dave hardly cares about asking questions.

Until he realises what his prospective employers want him to do.

Then he just wants to know how the hell they think he'll survive.

A classic urban fantasy tale from Aurealis Award-winning author Amy Laurens, don't miss Recruitment!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inkprint Press
• Release date: Jan 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9798201911867

Amy Laurens

AMY LAURENS is an Australian author of fantasy fiction for all ages. Her story Bones Of The Sea, about creepy carnivorous mist and bone curses, won the 2021 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella. Amy has also written the award-winning portal-fantasy Sanctuary series about Edge, a 13-year-old girl forced to move to a small country town because of witness protection (the first book is Where Shadows Rise), the humorous fantasy Kaditeos series, following newly graduated Evil Overlord Mercury as she attempts to acquire a castle, the young adult series Storm Foxes, about love and magic and family in small town Australia, and a whole host of non-fiction, both for writers AND for people who don’t live with constant voices in their heads. Other interesting details? Let’s see. Amy lives with her husband and two kids in suburban Canberra. She used to be a high-school English teacher, and she was once chewed on by a lion. (The two are unrelated. It was her right thumb.) Amy loves chocolate but her body despises it; she has a vegetable garden that mostly thrives on neglect; and owns enough books to be considered a library. Of course. Oh, and she also makes rather fancy cakes in her spare time. She’s on all the usual social media channels as @ByAmyLaurens, but you’ve got the best chance of actually getting a response on Instagram or the contact form on her website. <3

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Recruitment

INKLET #97

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AMY LAURENS

www.InkprintPress.com

RECRUITMENT

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The first thing you noticed about Dave was his eyes: bright, piercing blue beneath a shock of light brown hair, capable of drilling right into your soul. They weren’t kind, per se, but you looked into them and knew that you were seen, as you were, the good, the bad—and the secret.

Luckily for Dave, this ability actually worked: not only could he make you feel seen, he did actually see you. Whether you wanted him to or not. Whether you were supposed to be visible or not.

He was recruited early on because of that.

This is why.

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A bead of sweat rolled down Dave’s temple as he crouched beneath a black-trunked eucalypt, the shade barely cooler, the dusk barely dimmer. It was half past eight on a Friday evening, and the sun was only just farewelling the day with a blush of hot orange on the hot, summer horizon of bare rolling hills outside the city. The air carried the smells of the city far beyond