Plan Exclusion by J. Bradley
The magician died before he could put me back together again and my health insurance wouldn’t cover “acts of god” (their words).
Modern Promethea
I was thinking about how not all women bear children, and some of us make people in other ways.
Second Period Savior by Katherine Gleason
She was looking at my paper. I was sure of it. But every time I turned toward her, she ducked. I was certain Mr. K would see me looking her…
How to Survive Underground
Faced with the unthinkable, we hoard, grow suspicious, act on fear; we also reinvent, build community, and create new conditions for surviving.
there’s urban legends about me
in the dark only his teeth are visible
Rage and Jam by Darrell Petska
Darrell Petska is a writer from Madison, Wisconsin. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Flash Fiction Magazine, Flash Frontier, Nixes Mate Review, Right Hand Pointing, Boston Literary Magazine,…
Atavistacular
By Marlee Jane Ward The elevator dings behind me and Curve Cilla Pando-Deng steps off on a pair of familiar creamsicle gams. Her tumble-hair is yellow and she’s got a…
Anything of Value
I did not have a network of sex worker friends. I had friends who traded sex and who knew as little as I did. No one had told us: Negotiate…
E. Nesbit: Ghost Stories (BBC Radio)
The Shadow Three girls are told a late-night tale of evil, the tragic ending of which hits too close to home. Read by Anna Madeley. John Charrington's Wedding A groom…