Malum
By Anneli Marks Malum (Latin) Noun: 1. Evil 2. Apple
The Empath
The stranger’s suffering called to her across a great stretch of wood and thicket. Its distance, its faintness should have made it easy to ignore, but instead it nagged at…
Magical Girl Eater
What research did you do for this story? Did you learn anything that surprised you? Angela Liu: I looked up new products/collaborations and remakes for series I loved in the…
Spinal Tap
by Angela Liu
The Tinder Box
“One spark. Two sparks. Three. This is what it takes to ignite a revolution.” A reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s original fairytale, “The Tinder Box” tells the story of a…
What We Mean When We Talk About the Hole in the Bathroom
After dinner, the woman and her husband argue about the hole in their bathroom. It’s not such a big hole. Two feet by two feet, the kind you might drop…
Often There Are Bears
by Randon Billings Noble | From the window to the wall.
Glazed Ham, April 1996
by Todd Kliman | A gleaming source of guilt.