Category Archives: Fiction

Kim and the Mantas by Barton Paul Levenson   Kim surfaced like a mermaid–upright, bent back slightly, arms at her sides and hands out, as if she stood above the water on a tail.  The illusion broke as she dropped … Continue reading →

Kaitlin Out of Space by Krishan Coupland When I went outside Kaitlin was lying on the lawn, surrounded by a circle of burned grass. I know that was her name because it was etched into her spacesuit: Kaitlin Morris. Almost … Continue reading →

Bankrupt Memories for Auction by Thomas K. Carpenter   “The best memories have an air of mystery to them.  The empty child’s room, a flash of eyes the color of glaciers, or a box unopened.”  The old farmer’s wisdom-lined face … Continue reading →

The Girl in the Shrine on Mount Osore by Jordan Taylor   The Crone Yumiko’s grandmother adjusts her brown kimono, the blue veins in her hands like swollen rivers. “Child, are you listening?” she asks. Her voice is very small, … Continue reading →

Spiked by Rich Larson   When Jasper skypes me at midnight suggesting we break into his parents’ not-yet-insured reefhouse to drink with some girls, I can tell he is past tipsy, getting to turvy. I sit up in bed and … Continue reading →

Go Outside by Adam Vine   We are in the sky, pinching clouds apart with our fingers. They have no flight suits, and didn’t allow me to bring mine. But I don’t need anything. I am riding on one of … Continue reading →

Egg Lilies by Brenda Kalt   Gliding through the Prime Minister’s party in her long-sleeved black shift that concealed her alien form, Milla TaPo tried not to look at the human party-goers in their various states of undress. As the … Continue reading →

“Another” by Jon Rollins My wife was already dead when I parked our Bronco in front of the Oasis Inn Deluxe. I just didn’t know it yet. That’s what we called our small adobe home out there in the remote … Continue reading →