By Paul Stansbury Image by Oliver Denker Autumn’s wireless headset blared ‘You Made Me This Way’, causing her throbbing headache to tremble in magnitude. Shouldn’t have had a good-luck-with-the-interview party all by myself. She tapped the button. “Hi,… Continue Reading
By J. Marshall Morgan Image by Angela Harburn No human is supposed to survive on exoplanet (XO) 259-7. I learned this the hard way. I knew I was in trouble as soon as my pod hit the planet’s… Continue Reading
By Bobby Harris Image by BsWei David sat in his old boxy armchair and waited to die, had been waiting for ten years now. Until recently he hadn’t felt the change—the one that always started in him at… Continue Reading
By Jhon Sánchez Image by graphicwithart When my hand told me it wanted an amputation and to live on its own, it was worse than a divorce. I shouldn’t call her “it,” but anger sometimes makes me say these… Continue Reading
By Ed Chaney Image by Tithi Luadthong “We must burn the books!” The junior librarian of Alexandria cried, in supplication, creating a spectacle before Cydas could usher him away. He had soot and ash smeared across his legs.… Continue Reading
By Jack T. Canis Image by Kichigin I awaken with a start. I’m sitting in a white tiled room. My back to a wall, sitting on the floor. I don’t know how I got here. I don’t know… Continue Reading
By Cameron MacPhail Image by Atelier Sommerland Agrippa died one week before the festival of Lemuria. The villa had been unusually chilly that night, a fading remnant of the winter past, and Julia was already awake… Continue Reading
By Lilly Gray Image by Gearstd Victor waits inside the pocket until the man in the white suit and his family have stopped screaming, stroking the small white-gold dog with too-big feet. The dog is calm; it tries… Continue Reading
By Jack L. Bryson Character Description Sometimes I get a story with characters that have fancy names but no description. Lady Casandra of Devonshire sounds like an interesting person, but I would like to know what she looks like… Continue Reading
By Abbey Peterson Image by Noupload Evelyn trudged along the grimy sidewalk. The biting winter wind caused her features to bunch and squeeze; her eyes watered against the sting. If a passing stranger might have met her gaze, they… Continue Reading