Piece Work
by Edward Ahern There was no one thing about Daniel that made people shy away from him. All his features, viewed in isolation, looked fine. But with his elements combined…
An Interview with Author Eric Del Carlo
What we have for you is a really delightful interview with author Eric Del Carlo talking about a book he had the pleasure of writing with his father, and he…
Spring’s Arcana
by Lilith Saintcrow American Gods vs. Baba Yaga in this Russian-inspired contemporary fantasy Spring’s Arcana, by New York Times bestseller Lilith Saintcrow. Nat Drozdova is desperate to save a life.…
Night School
by Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar “Now, Drake, I want you to be on your best behavior this time. It’s your last chance,” Mrs. Anderson told her son before he climbed out…
Seaside Romance
By Martha Patterson The wind whipped her bonnet strings as Anne walked along the pebbled beach. She’d walked two miles, as was her habit every day, but the weather threatened…
The Last Seconds Before the End
by Martin Lochman You see the thermonuclear bomb ten seconds before it goes off. You are on a morning train to the airport, looking out the window at the city…
Secret Simulacrums in the Shadows
by Joachim Heijndermans Nearly half an hour had passed, and Mike still hadn’t done anything worth a damn on the spreadsheet that sat there opened up on his screen, the…
Duel
Raymond MacKay Jake Plummer had just been dealt two aces and two eights when the saloon doors swung open. The man who walked in was a U.S. Marshall. Even if…
My Life
By Michael Lee Johnson My life began with a skeleton with a smile and bubbling eyes in my garden of dandelions. Everything else fell off the edge, a jigsaw puzzle…
The Bedlamite
By Ferrel D. Moore Professor Essepi had come aboard that afternoon with five other men. Three were mutes with faces drawn and thin, sunken dark eyes and bald heads, and…