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Welcome to Sunny Springs
by Alyssa Jordan On a balmy summer evening, Lavender found a demon in her sitting room. Of course, her name wasn’t really Lavender,...
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The Inverted Room
by Dave Hangman The first time I entered the Gaon's greenhouse, I found it completely snowed in. What disturbed me most was that...
Veracitree
by Melisa Gregorio The colour Sarah picked for her manicure was ugly. The dark purple gel polish had dried black, and along with the...
Settling
by Cheryl S. Ntumy I knew when he’d leave. Down to the second, down to the sigh on his lips, the way his fingers would lift off my hip...
To Sleep and to Wait
by Devon Field We curled up beneath the same blanket, the seed close beside us. You’d dragged the sofa inside when it was still warm...
The Best Banana Split in the Galaxy
by Lilian D. Vercauteren “The Moon and Spoon?” Fox folds the map. “This is where you wanted to stop? Place looks busted.” Axel lands...
Bellying Up
by Kathleen McCulloch-Cop Carmen pulled the car off the gravel road, stopping on a short patch of dirt. Her breath caught in her chest....
What Not to Do When You’re Polymorphed and Stuck in a Time Warp
by Stewart C Baker Note: It's actually best to not get polymorphed in the first place, but since you’re reading this, it's probably too...
On the Other Side
by Angela Caravan I saw the ad for pen pals at least a few times a day. A clean-cut, governmental-looking placement with soft tinkling...
BUSBY BERKELEY
by Stuart Ross Tizzi stood at the bus stop, beside the lobster. At first, she didn’t actually see the lobster, but then, feeling like...
The Last Blackout
by Xauri’EL Zwaan Phil was at home when the power went out for good. At first he just stayed home and did the things one did to ride...
Something that Bites
by Ben Berman Ghan Day One Something bit me on the way home from the marketplace. My shopping scattered. It gathered them up again....
The Woman Frozen in Time
by Bill Suboski “Angela, I think we should wait. There’s no rush. You’re being hasty.” Dr. Angela Tremino snapped at her assistant,...
An Extant Form of Life
by André Geleynse When the robot was decommissioned, they forgot to turn it off. As a construction bot it had spent the years of its...
Plaster Portents and Carnelian Prayers
by dave ring I. After more than a year of darkness, months of watching staff wander alone, dusting amphora, occasionally polishing my...
You Look Like You're Writing a Novel
by J.W. Wood They’d been developing these algorithms for decades. The old “You look like you’re writing a letter” expanded to include,...
The Pancake Diner
by Michele Lim I don’t remember much of who I was before I was reborn. Like all Non-Player Characters, I came from the digital primordial...
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