Samantha Murray is a writer of science fiction and fantasy short stories. Her fiction has been seen in places such as Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Interzone, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Escape Pod, among others, and has been collected in The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, and The Best Science Fiction of the Year. Samantha is a two-time Aurealis Award winner, and her work has been translated into Chinese and Vietnamese. You can find her on twitter @SamanthaNMurray. Samantha lives in Western Australia in a household of unruly boys.
You leave while it is still dark. Your lover sleeps on his stomach, the sheet draped only to his waist. You don’t want to go. You want to slide back into bed and listen to him breathing. And for him to make you coffee later, dark and sweet. But you’ve never let anyone haunt you. And you’re not about to start now.
