Mika

**A desperate odyssey through a dystopic future**

Mika Tāura arrives in New York in the middle of a storm, where she accidentally kills a motorist and lands herself with an injured child. What’s more, she’s missed her rendezvous.

Stan has problems of his own. Several of them just broke into his apartment and tried to kill him, which may explain why he hitching a ride in Mika’s armoured waka seems like a good idea. Besides, her business is taking her across to the West Coast, and so – conveniently – is his.

On the run, Mika, Stan and the girl flee across the country to Stan’s reservation home, where they encounter a couple who may be the key to Mika’s mission. But time is running out, for the travelers and for those they leave behind them.

*Lee Murray and Piper Mejia's MIKA is the first in the SHORTCUTS series of novellas, short science fiction and fantasy fiction from Aotearoa New Zealand.*