BLOOD SINGULARITY Ben Wheeler To be entirely fair to Zarthax 89 the Glorious, his plan was quite sound: Take a human, stick
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RECURRENCE Peter Sean Bradley In my twenty-seventh life, I noticed the fly. I was proposing to Joanne, as always, in the French
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KILLA WATTS: THE FIRST AI RAPPER Bobby Riahi Some say that the story of Killa Watts is the story of mankind. You
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THE BODY AS A SHIP Mark Andrew Edwards Harry Hermann cradled the antique mirror in his hands, stared at his reflection and
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THERE Boomer Trujillo He is. Or at least He sits. There. Two legs fewer than His stool, beard long and worn as
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THE GRANDDAUGHTER PARADOX Séamus Sweeney Chapter 1. Brendan McConnell’s morning began at 4.45 a.m. on a spring day in 2010. Between sleep
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COTTAGE IN THE WOODS Gisele Peterson If the recently unsealed court records are accurate, public opinion of the Eberstark siblings’ virtue may
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EMPTY VESSELS David O’Donoghue Gary listened to the orchestra of the checkout line- the steady beep of the scanner, the insect chatter
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THE EXPERIMENT Robby Charters So, there you are, a failure before you even start, in a lose-lose situation. How did you get
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TIME AS A BRAID OF OUR LIVES Robert R. Chase My wife used to explain to her friends that I have always
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Dear Sirs, Mesdames, Glooquot1,and Mechaniqa2: I submit herewith my xenological report on the most curious culture to inhabit planet 73SXB1089, called in
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SHADES OF UNREALITY Cynthia Sally Haggard Lady Cecylee Neville (1415-1495) was born a few months before King Henry V’s glorious victory at
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THE MARMALADE CONTINUUM Treesong It was the body of a young woman, possibly in her twenties, though the exact age was difficult
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THE SALVATION COMPLICATION Edd Vick So this beanpole walks into the bar, says “I’m the buyer, I just bought the Earth and
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EN SOLEIL Arlan Andrews, Sr. I wash the dusty feet of Jesus; I wipe His Mother’s furrowed brow. Under the bright lights
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A MATTER OF MASS Floris M. Kleijne “Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. It’s been…” Father Zio sighed. “It’s been thirteen
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