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“Teenage Mutant Mental Hurdles” by George Evans
Teenage Mutant Mental Hurdles by George Evans 6/15/2022 This is not a horror story. This is not a horror story because Dread Creature Veith is NOT A HORROR. He is my son. He is NOT a horror, whatever the fishermen … Continue reading
“What’s Written in the Cards” by Deborah L. Davitt
What’s Written in the Cards by Deborah L. Davitt The cards smelled musty and wrong, like the interior of a pensioner’s home. That was the first thing Winifred noticed as she removed them from the antique box she’d found in … Continue reading
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“The Elevator Case” by Kit Gadgitar
The Elevator Case by Kit Gadgitar We could see five planets and an infinite number of stars, but no one cared because they needed the restroom. “EEC can’t just hold us here.” I crossed my legs, stiff from four hours confined … Continue reading
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“Time Has No Memory” by Aeryn Rudel
Time Has No Memory by Aeryn Rudel The Late Cretaceous is hotter than the other periods I’ve visited. My dossier says it’s because of all the volcanic activity. I can’t see any volcanoes from my campsite, which is on the … Continue reading
A&A Reviews A KISS FOR DAMOCLES
A Kiss for Damocles : Tales From the Long Night Book 1 (Raconteur Press) by J. Kenton Pierce When I heard that J. Kenton Pierce has done a novel starring his character from an A&A short story we’d published, I … Continue reading
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“The Snow Queen’s Women” by Suzanne J. Willis
Suzanne J. Willis The Snow Queen’s Women …………I. Granny Storyweaver On winter nights, Granny and her words are warmer than the hearth-fire, though her stories are of trolls and goblins, and magic mirrors splintering the heart. She serves her words … Continue reading
The Dola and the Saint
The Dola and the Saint by Bruce Golden The storm was relentless. For hours the ship swayed and jerked until she was sure she’d be sick. Her brother and sister had already succumbed to the constant pitch and roll, heaving … Continue reading
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“error_glitch.exe (flesh runtime corrupted)” by Lucien R. Starchild
Lucien R. Starchild error_glitch.exe (flesh runtime corrupted) blue screen of death rolls down my forearm in pixelated stripes you try to kiss me but your lips dissolve into static your tongue, a corrupted .wav file —sounds like mother hissing (they … Continue reading
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“The House That Learned to Keep Time Differently” by Veronica Tucker
Veronica Tucker The House That Learned to Keep Time Differently Lately the house has begun to adjust the hours on its own. The hallway lengthens toward dusk, stretching into years I thought I had already buried. Footsteps echo before anyone … Continue reading
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“troll grows you” by Hannan Kahn
Hannan Khan troll grows you in the cavernous where nettles drone a keeper of moss churns the soil with hands of stone rhizomes bend, not break, beneath his touch he plants soundlessness; he waters shadow he culls weeds of reminiscence … Continue reading
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