Love is Not Nothing

Requiem hadn't meant to care. Hadn't wanted to fall in love. She didn't do love. But life without Alison had seemed so insubstantial. Bleak. Empty. So she went back for her.

It's now been two years since Australia's top cellist and secret underworld assassin Natalya "Requiem" Tsvetnenko stood in the rain, faced her biggest terror, and asked her "little mouse", Alison Ryan, to move to Europe with her.

What has happened since? Does Requiem still burn to hunt? Has she been tamed by love? Was her prediction right that they could never work out; that they would implode before too long? How could two such different people ever last?

In a single, powerful day in Vienna, all their doubts are faced and the truth seeps into the light.

A short story sequel to lesbian crime noir "Requiem for Immortals."

Lee Winter is an award-winning veteran newspaper journalist who has lived in almost every Australian state, covering courts, crime, news, features, and humour writing. Now a full-time author and part-time editor, Lee is also a 2015 Lambda Literary Award finalist and Golden Crown Literary Award winner. She lives in Western Australia with her long-time girlfriend, where she spends much time ruminating on her garden, US politics, and shiny, new gadgets.