Bringing the second week of free Kindle short stories to a close is is “Salt of Judas.”  This story was originally published in InterGalactic Medicine Show.  Even before posting about it, it’s already up to #31 in the Free Historical Fantasy category.

Osbert Peale secretly paints portraits of the woman he’s infatuated with. But the new apothecary seems to know Osbert’s secret, and offers him a way to bring the portraits to life — at a cost.

The story is available free from Amazon’s Kindle store until about midnight Pacific Time tonight, but you don’t need a Kindle to read it. You can use the free Kindle app on your computer or smartphone.