Tor.com is currently hosting the fiction debut of Tor.com blogger Brit Mandelo. Her insightful perspectives on writing craft, queer SFF, and more can be found all throughout Tor.com. In her story, “Though Smoke Shall Hide the Sun,” she unleashes her talents on a tale of a vampire hired by the military for a special ops into Other territory. Both parties quickly find more than they bargained for…
The illustration is by Dave Palumbo, who has a degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. He also created the cover for the Tor.com story, “Olga.”
Read it for free here: Though Smoke Shall Hide the Sun
