Barbershops of the Floating City
ShortStory 6,024 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"You used to be in a band. Now you cut hair. The Institute hired you because you’re the daughter of the Floating City’s Founder’s fourth mistress, the one who always cooks up trouble when she gets too hungry. You don’t like the work, but you like all the different scissors. Short blades, fat blades, wave-cuts..."
Content warnings 2
abusesexual-violence
Quasar links out; the story lives on Uncanny, where the author gets the click.