Runaway
By Iona Douglas Image by svekloid Abdul has learned you must always be ready to leave, and to always pack light. His whole life fits in his backpack. He wipes sand from his goggles in time to see… Continue Reading
Science Fiction
A Little Faith
By Claire Fitzpatrick Image by Design Projects A flash of yellow, and Cora stepped off the Disc, slinging her heavy pack over her shoulders as she made her way down the rocky hill. Stephen trudged behind her, followed… Continue Reading
The Upper Floor Studio
By E.B. Gula The shuttle drops me off at the edge of town, far removed from any trace of civilization. When the invitation told me to meet here, I… Continue Reading
Daemonus galateus
By Richard Helmling Image by cloudcg When she first saw the creature, it was naturally the eyes that captivated her. He told her that it had been the same with him when he’d first found it. “Should you… Continue Reading
Afterlife
By Terry Davis Image by 80’s Child Monday, March 3, 2036 “Tom Preston?” The electronic voice coming from the car’s external speaker pierces through the early morning fog. Tom closes the door of his house behind him and… Continue Reading
Artisanal Cancer
By Jessica Brook Johnson Image by MONOPOLY919 “Wow, you’re so brave,” is what people used to say in the early twenty first century when someone got cancer. Imagine what they’d say to someone who got it on purpose. … Continue Reading
Imago Delinquents
By Cynthia Praski Image by DomCritelli It had rained in the morning, but the weather was beautiful now, with a tangerine sky and a few scattered, gray clouds. A gentle breeze wafted the lovely scent of aromatic nitrogen… Continue Reading
Doomsday Electric
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
A Thousand Silent Feet
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
Katzenjammer Midnight
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