By S.F. Warkentien Image by alphaspirit.it “We’re waiting for the announcement,” said the man facing the glowing red screen. The room was the color of a dying star, and it was located in its building like a sun… Continue Reading
By Rudolfo San Miguel Image by Bru-nO The first time I spoke with the Devil, I found him surprisingly down-to-earth. He offered me a seat and explained it was a long time since he had a simple conversation. He… Continue Reading
By Emily Inkpen Image by StockSnap The silence before a storm is the deepest silence there is. A hot silence, full of electricity. Esha-Min stood patiently in the near-pitch darkness of a narrow tunnel, waiting. This passage joined… Continue Reading
by Joseph Hirsch Image by Ev. Safronov There were probably more than two types of people, but one had to keep it simple sometimes if they wanted the world to make sense. For Katie the world was divided… Continue Reading
By David Wesley Hill Image by Virrage Images When I woke up that morning, I wasn’t there. Although I didn’t know it at the time, and didn’t find out until later, I wasn’t anywhere. I’m always groggy at… Continue Reading
By Kyle Toucher Image by DomCritelli Virgil Fontaine was caught red-handed playing tetherball with a human head. Immediately after the SWAT Commander Delois set one of his guys loose with the breaching hammer, the deadbolts snapped, and the… Continue Reading
By Jordan Marie McCaw Image by Gilda Tenorio The inside of this tent felt like the inside of Carrie’s heart: cold, empty, a place once full of people now deserted. Outside the purple tent she could hear the… Continue Reading
By Nicole Walsh Image by FellowNeko The cat followed him home. Tomas Shine spent three and a half minutes in the stairwell hyperventilating. He heard Mrs Helen Acres, the widow from Unit Two, clatter and batter her way… Continue Reading
Hemispheres is the new cyberpunk novel from Mark Everglade. In a world where light is currency… Light is big business on Evig Natt, where it’s always dark and fireflies are the only legal source of light. They’re also used… Continue Reading
By Mark Everglade and Joseph Hurtgen Image by GrandeDuc A croc exhaled at a nearby table, streaming a rainbow mist worthy of a Lucky Charms cereal box. A feathered woman sat next to me close enough to scrape… Continue Reading