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Stephen A. Roddewig
Jul 19, 20246 min read
In Him, We Know Freedom
The mirror showed a reflection that wasn't my own. It was a boy with smooth skin and cheeks creased from smiles. A certain sheen glinted...
Kendra Recht
Jul 19, 20244 min read
Fall
Zephiel used to like Purgatory. He’d enjoyed shepherding souls to redemption, purifying the reformed, and even overseeing the delicate...
James Fowler
Jul 19, 20243 min read
Haunts
Our denial and patience have reached their limit. We must do something about the ghosts. Postings on them have gone through the roof....
Reneé Bibby
May 17, 202411 min read
Greetings from Costa Rica
The first photo pings Luka’s phone at 11:27 am, while he’s scrolling through Zillow listings of houses in Sun City that he can afford but...
Emmie Christie
May 17, 20245 min read
Gift of the Fey
Tira plucked the sethel flower off the stem and sucked the starlight from it. It hinted at sweetness, teasing like the moon on this...
Jacob Strunk
May 17, 20244 min read
The Savior of Battery Island
From where you crouch, the city is a swarm of lights. You hear the horn of the final ferry and know it carries the day’s last tourists....
Jill Jepson
May 17, 20242 min read
Birds
I work long into the night making the birds, sewing the slender feathers with fine thread, knitting the tiny hearts, the miniature lungs....
Jonathan Mitchell
May 17, 202411 min read
Midnight Show
It is difficult to pinpoint when my insomnia started. I remember fitful sleep, filled with agitated dreams of clanking noises and foul...
Thomas De Moor
May 17, 202411 min read
Inheritance
Ingram slogged through the downpour to watch the execution of the hex. His calloused fingers were wrapped around the tight straps of his...
Steven Kay
May 17, 202410 min read
The Glass Needle
You look thin! Katia jolted up in bed, clutching her mottled blanket. Saucer-eyed, her gaze turned to the open bedroom door, a black...
Nick Young
May 17, 20246 min read
Malédiction
It would not be found on any tourist map, but ask the locals; they could tell you. In the dark heart of St. Martin Parish, east of New...
Daniel Rova
May 17, 202412 min read
The Third Child
Abram knew Kala was pregnant before she did, at least that is what he told himself. He had known with their other children as well. That,...
Zary Fekete
May 17, 202414 min read
Lidérc
The two holy men traveled by day, each of them on their own mule, riding slowly through the grass, until they came to the cabin in the...
Anne Woods
May 17, 20246 min read
Midwinter Cold
It was the cold that dragged Abigail down first. People thought you wore cold like a blanket, wrapped around your shoulders and chilling...
Isabella Frederick
Mar 15, 202411 min read
Anthemusa
Part I: Their ship wasn't meant for oars, but they brought them above deck anyway. They tied the sails down, securing them with ropes to...
James C. Bassett
Mar 15, 20244 min read
Regodless
Everyone is called here once in their life. Some die on the journey; rarely will a person die before the feeling consumes them: the...
Sarah Jackson
Mar 15, 20243 min read
Unspeakable
I buried the truth near here, near this bench. In the park, yes; I panicked. I know how I must look: a woman unmoored, wild haired,...
Mario Moussa
Mar 15, 20247 min read
Life in the Pigsty
Once there was a farm called Green Shoots, tucked away far from downtown on a scrubby little plot of land. Neighbors swore the soil...
Marble Black
Mar 15, 20248 min read
The Yellow House
We are a speck of dust on the Universe’s shelf. Everyone is dead or dying and if they aren’t, then they’re simply unaware. These are the...
S.T. Gillard
Mar 15, 20244 min read
Calamaro Grande
Ripples in the canals are the only warning you get. They’re also the last thing most people see. When feeding starts, you’d better hope...
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