"Death Date: N/A" by Sarah Skinner
Photo by Sarah Skinner Lori waited outside the HR office of Symtek Call Center. Her fingers turned pale as she squeezed the portfolio....
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Jul 74 min read
"Mickey McFarland in the Sweet Hereafter" by Eli S. Evans
A very large drainage pipe was in the process of being installed in a particular location in the neighborhood in order to mitigate...
Jun 2311 min read
"Monument Falls" by Perry Genovesi
30th Street Station - Dunkin’ Todd approached the register clutching his guitar bag. He ordered an iced latte and small hash browns,...
May 2715 min read
"Social Camp" by Mike Craig
Sometimes Esther put a towel around her head because nothing else worked. The noise and thrum of the city, the insistent beeping of...
Mar 173 min read
"Hemingway" by Mauricio Velazquez
Hemingway could not grab a shotgun and shoot himself. He lacked the arms to do so. His namesake would be horrified at the circumstances....
Jan 11 min read
"The Vanishing Staircase" by John Grey
What do they mean? The staircase is here. First one foot on the step, then the other quickly slipping in behind. I'm ascending, not...
Dec 12, 202337 min read
"Man's Best Friend" by C.W. Scogna
My name is Butch Kissimmee IV and I’m going to die soon. Soon is the operative word, as I have only just turned the big 8-0-0-0, well...
Nov 12, 202310 min read
"Terms and Conditions" by M. Rose Seaboldt
By lunchtime, Ollie had processed thirteen 1085 forms, seven 91B forms, and opened two new case files. He saved his current work (an 89C...
Sep 17, 20233 min read
"Heuristical Me" by William M. McIntosh
I got a message from you last night. It said you felt a lot of crazy ways that I didn’t know you felt, and it said a lot more than that....
Aug 6, 202312 min read
"Mark the Lesser" by Sean MacKendrick
“Hi, table for one, please?” The hostess looked up from her phone, startled. She could be new, Mark had never seen her before. “Oh!” She...
Jul 23, 20235 min read
"Narcissus, Illinois" by Joyce Meggett
One future December morning Lin sits in the perfect coffee shop, secure from the relentless rain. There’s a good selection of drinks, hot...
Jul 9, 202316 min read
"Main Character Energy" by Christian Fitzgerald
“Well, Maurice, sunlight is canceled.” “I’ll add it to the list, Mr. Crush.” Craig Crush cast aside the tablet he had been reading from...
Jul 9, 202332 min read
"Skipping Rope" by Marcel Gabbett
Each dab of the cotton ball diffused eye-watering powder into Nina’s face. Within minutes, pink makeup clouded the wall’s oval mirror....
May 28, 20236 min read
"Pendulum" by Melissa Ren
Content warnings: escape and abduction, swearing, mention of terminal illness The ceiling glowed crimson as I sprinted down the hall. A...
Apr 16, 20238 min read
"The Goldilocks Principle" by Sharni Wilson
An infant's preference to attend to events that are neither too simple nor too complex according to their current representation of the...
Apr 16, 20231 min read
"All the Single Women" by Christine H. Chen
All the Single Women were invited to the pilot program of HappilyEverAfter where the newly invented HomoSapiens module would spit out...
Apr 2, 202312 min read
"Purple Chrysanthemums" by Elliott Dahle
A curious little songbird cocks its head as I place a box of unopened letters on the Palladio stone table. It’s morning here at the...
Mar 19, 202314 min read
"The Tower" by Edward Lee
While John Mizelli was still all alone, he checked his inbox and noticed the emails from the Engineers Guild scattered throughout. He had...
Jan 22, 202310 min read
"Cold Bitter Grief" by C.J. Goodin
The air was cold, as it always was coming out of cryo-sleep. The Tamberlane Supply star freighter EREBUS was commissioned to travel...
Dec 11, 20223 min read
"Magical Thinking" by Travis Flatt
I wish I could enjoy the stars, but I waste time out here worrying. “Can you get my wife on my phone?” I ask mission control, but the...
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