by Haris A. Durrani | Apr 11, 2017 | Fiction
I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? — Rumi Being deprived of a dream is much more cruel than simply being shot and dismissed. — George Saliba ...
by Arkady Martine | Apr 11, 2017 | Fiction
“Ruin Marble” – Illustration by Anju Shah. Medium: White glass marking pencil on black pastel sheet. Spring was late. Two, three weeks at least: April already and every tree barren, scoured and hesitant with the memory of snowbanks. The sorcerer...
by Jaroslav Mostecký | Jan 9, 2017 | Fiction
An intriguing short story from the award-winning Czech science fiction and fantasy writer Jaroslav Mostecký The tree yelled in a premonition of death and the sky stormed. Seal was startled and dropped the lamp on the ground. I swore and looked furiously at him. “What...
by Gwendolyn Kiste | Jan 9, 2017 | Fiction, Flash
Miss Firebird’s School for Girls is committed to the reeducation of young women who have gone astray. In keeping with this pledge, we ask for those in attendance to obey the following rules of etiquette, all of which we’ve developed based on the misbehavior of former...
by Sabrina Vourvoulias | Jan 9, 2017 | Fiction
I. I was born on a Wednesday, in middle of a chapuzón. The sudden squall of sky water bears little resemblance to a thunderstorm – it’s more like a vertical flood, though very brief. I considered Chapuzón for my luchador name – I had poured out of my mother with...
by Carlos Hernandez | Jan 9, 2017 | Fiction
Hamilton — everyone called him Ham — had fully bought into the bacon-as-fashion fad. That night as he patrolled the Arizona border with Alex, his ensemble featured a bacon wristwatch, bacon suspenders, bacon bolo tie, and bacon boots branded with the image of a pig...
