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Antique

“Antique”

by Michaele Jordan

It started with her best friend’s father. Elsa had never liked him—been a little afraid of him, really. […]

“Homecoming”

by Elyse Kallen

“Charley.” A lilting, feminine voice calls out from behind me, and it takes every ounce of self-control not […]

by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I’ll bet dollars to donuts this guy, whose broken and bloated body was nailed […]

“A Study in Pink and Gold”

by Richard Ford Burley

He sits on the roof and takes another bite of bland, […]

by Calder Hutchinson

Slowly, I fold the paper. A forty-two degree offset from the right side, continuing to […]

“A Missed Diversion” by R. S. Alexander

Derek Waterstone sat in a darkened isolation pod. He could have set the wallsplays to give […]

by David F. Shultz

The interrogation was going well. Rook’s mark quivered, sweat beads on his head, arms smudging […]

“The Birds That Flew In Wartime” by Tamoha Sengupta

Long ago, the last bird in the village of Tantipur died.

Its […]

“Exhibit K”

By Nadia Afifi

The dead woman opened her eyes to a veil of light. She blinked several times, focusing on […]

“Adrift”

by Wayne Martin

Malish was roused from his winter lassitude, aching with hunger in the numbing cold, […]