Ahoy there mateys! It's Sci-Fi Month!!  After rereading the Imperial Radch trilogy, I thought I would take some time to read the two short stories set in the world.  These stories are free online.  I do not however recommend that these stories by yer introduction to the world (personal opinion. others disagree).  Here be me thoughts.

she commands me and i obey (Imperial Radch #0.6)

This be a short story set in the world of Ancillary Justice, published by Strange Horizons as part of their annual funding drive.  It was released in two parts.  This story is around 25 pages long.

This lovely part of this story is that it be a sci-fi that contains references to sports.  I thought this was cool because Matey Kathy had an awesome post that discussed sports in world building.  I am not a sports player meself but do love watching baseball games of me team occasionally (not too often cause they rile me up).  Of course in this story the sports outcomes are related to life and death and politics.  I adored this tale.  I loved the character names, the sport, the world-building, the complexities of the politics, and above all the main character.  The sport reminded me a bit of the Aztec ball game Ullamaliztli.  This story gets five stars.  And answers questions from the Radch trilogy.  Or at least the theories be awesome.

I absolutely love Ann Leckie and cannot wait to see whatever it be that she writes next.  Arrrr!