Shadowrun: Bottleneck (A Short Story) by Andrew Peregrine

BEWARE THE SIMPLE JOBS…

The job looked too good to be true—which should have been Cassandra’s first clue. Hired to assense the power of an old bottle, she should have gotten in and out with a fat payment in about 15 minutes. But when her overzealous employer pops the cork, Cassandra is forced into a deadly game of hide-and-seek on a locked down corp floor…where the first one found, dies… 

Note: This free short story download is available between June 1–30, 2026, and contains an ebook file compatible with most ereaders, including Kindle.