The Ones Who Charge the Fence
(Rajiv Moté) The voices of dinosaurs filled Chicxulub Vale, singing of the Great Accord as they did every Summer Festival....
Pala
(Reggie Kwok) On a snowy day, Wintbert and Finnian the white-feathered griffins carried snow with their webbed paws....
The Eleusinian What Now?
(Gerri Leen) Persephone was window-shopping at the mall, enjoying a rare afternoon away from her mom and her maidens and the endless gamboling around fields...
The Unbearable Sweetness
(Ted Morrissey) It was odd to see four Wandas together on the street, walking abreast, crowding the midday pedz....
Rejected (Again)
(Galen T. Pickett) Please forgive this "form" rejection letter. I am sure you will agree that the more time we spend evaluating the different creations...
In All Its Infinite Variety
(Brian Hugenbruch) Meiki's teeth rattled as the skipcraft snapped out of subspace. The Garden loomed ahead: a massive world...
One and a half socks.
(Lindsay Comer) We are assigned tasks. {they} upload them each morning. We do not question our tasks. We are not allowed to....
Milk Run
(Robert Dawson) By midmorning, the top headline was "MOM TO OPERATE IN SPACE, DAD BREASTFEEDS." ...
Playing Vegas Odds with Doc, Sammy, and Bob
(Gregory Nicoll) Doc wasn't sure about the Black man, but if the other one — that smug fellow wearing the fancy embroidered shirt — if...
The Great Old One Myrowl-Shu
(Deborah L. Davitt) My story begins on Halloween, the night on which doors between worlds open wide. Wider, when they're forced open by inept magic...