Do Us Part by A. Elizabeth Herting
Do Us Part by A. Elizabeth Herting The body floated like a cork on top of the lake, bobbing and dipping along with the current. It was impossible to say how long it’d been...
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Your Child by Tim Frank
Your Child by Tim Frank As Rostov’s eyelids inched open, caked with the gunk of dried tears, a shooting pain angled down from his wrist and along his arm. He was chained to the...
Kung by Connor Lee Winters
Kung by Connor Lee Winters Chapter 1 I took the Rainmaker by the throat and raised a fist. “Tell me what I need to know, old man.” Steel spikes slid from my knuckles. He...
The Kidnapping of Lillian Palace by Charline Poirier
The Kidnapping of Lillian Palace by Charline Poirier We parked on the patch of gravel next to the stairs to the cabin. Inside, I switched on the light in the windowless bedroom, then returned...
Transferred by Anoop Anthony
Transferred by Anoop Anthony Dr. Sanil Cherian sat slumped at his desk and thought longingly about going home and getting drunk out of his mind. For this was his daily routine — he left the...
The PFL by James Rumpel
The PFL by James Rumpel Despite the simplicity of its name, Alvera Space Port Lounge was the preferred gathering place of the most powerful beings in the galaxy. Devoid of the limits of time...
Licorice by Doug Hawley
Licorice by Doug Hawley I had been working in the University of the Filipinas anthropology department for several years, when I got the break of my career. I was awarded a decent sized grant...
The Woman Who Had Many Names by Muhammad Nasrullah Khan
The Woman Who Had Many Names by Muhammad Nasrullah Khan “Deleir Khan has bought a new mare and a Bengali woman.” This news murmured through the square where villagers gathered to wag their tongues....
The Night Is Feral by Rene Vasquez
The Night Is Feral by Rene Vasquez The night is feral, released from the bonds of its eternal cycle. I am locked in the apprehension that the stars, too, will break loose and rain...
Through the Hole by James Rumpel
Through the Hole by James Rumpel “It is amazing how fast the human mind can think,” thought Michael Shultz. A concept that was exquisitely demonstrated by the fact that it occurred as Michael...