Category Archives: Past

“Socorro” by Samantha L. Knapp I’m online playing a game when the news goes out. We all stop when we hear it, except the sniper on the other team, who shoots my teammate. He doesn’t notice for almost forty seconds, … Continue reading →

“Raspberry Pudding” by M.K. Hutchins Ever since they burned the calculus out of my brain, I’ve gotten into pudding: lemon, chocolate, coconut.  I leaned against the rail, watching the alien ocean wash under us — a mix of pistachio and … Continue reading →

“Pulling Pictures” by Andy Dudak In its traveling configuration, the ancient peephole theater resembles a two-wheeled rickshaw–but with the cabinet-like peephole box where the passenger seat should be–and that is how the old raree showman pulls it: his mummified hands … Continue reading →

“Spider Without a Web” by Daryl Nash Umbilicus cut with the World, Syr was little better than a human. Her unaided eyes could make out nothing but vague shapes in the dim light. She uncurled from the padded couch on … Continue reading →

“Bird in a Cage” by Leena Likitalo “You sent for me,” Escamillo said, beaming with the natural charm that always helped him out of the various kinds of troubles he managed to get himself into. Though, this time he wasn’t … Continue reading →

Polyphemos, blind Sicilian shepherd prince of carnivores, intentness in his empty eye, clambered to the high cliffs, barking his shins against boulders, bloodying his nose on trees, to pull down the tallest, straightest pines and strip them into beams. He … Continue reading →