Cause Ways
“What if?” is the essence of genre fiction. What if monsters were real? What if mankind had faster-than-light travel? What if there was a world…
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The Rainstorm and the Dog: A Fairytale Reimagined
I think I left because it was so dark and so wet. Had the night been less dreary, then perhaps I could have been more…
Enough
A swathe of light spilled through the darkness accompanied by the raucous uproar of the drunken crowd. A silhouette cut through the saloon’s doorway, and…
Salina
Sixteen year old Teddy grabbed the black kitten and pushed her into his pocket. The oversize coat that belonged to his father and grandfather saw…
Back on the Veranda
Miss sipped her coffee while a guinea fowl walked by her foot. She had wanted to do this on her trip, now the last full…
Subsidiary Class 2 Museum Report
So there is a hall devoted to Precambrian life, with its Cnidarians and the Ediacarans, and here’s one all about the Ordovician Biodiversification Event. That…
Whiskey, Jazz, and Danger
Photo made with OpenArt Creative at openart.ai Dear recipient of this letter, I pen these words in great urgency, for I find myself embarking on…
The -1st Hour of a Condemned Man
That morning, he cannot bring himself to eat. The guard puts out butter and apricot jam, and he feels the scents and his body does…
Odin Is My Buddha
His father told Arne many things about the life of a raider. The hardships in the open sea, with the ever-present threats of wind and…
It’s Real Life
“That’s ‘Real Life,’ from the Beatles’ 1985 Come and Go LP, and I’m Pete Fornatale on WFUV’s July 4, 1996 weeklong celebration.” Pete sighed with…
