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…
No Sacrifice to the Elder Gods Is Ever Wasted
By Jack Remiel Cottrell It started with tea. Cups of it, going cold on the desk beside Ipsi’s computer. He brewed his tea strong and black, then left it overnight…
Disturbing Animal Facts
by Aimee Parkison and Meg Pokrass “She was told that she had nine million babies inside of her. Her womb held a continent.” These insane animal facts create a narrative…
68:Hazard:Cold
By: Janelle C. Shane Issue: 29 June 2020 6016 words She pointed to herself, said her name, then pointed to her bots and said their names. She pointed at the…
A Ghost in Brazil
Kikuko Tsumura I was ever so keen to visit the Aran Islands, but unfortunately, I died before ever making it out of Japan. I was seventy-two at the time. My…
Unauthorized Bread By Cory Doctorow
For her whole life, the world had been divided into the people around her, people who knew her, and who she was. Most of those were people who wished her…
A Layer of Catherines
three versions of one person meet in a forest. One of them is excited about it, one of them is nervous, and one them really wishes this hadn’t happened.