Deep Music
ShortStory 5,086 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"The emergency call came in before the seagulls had even started crying. It found Quinn lying sleepless on the leaky air mattress she’d set up in the back of the shop... She fumbled for her phone and raised an eyebrow at the severity rating the user had entered on the online form: it sounded like there had already been some property destruction."
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.