The people around West 140th Street provide a mixed record as to how The Litterbug came to be. It’s generally agreed upon that he appeared during a brief strike by the city’s waste management department… Continue reading “Mouth Full of Rot” by Nick Manzolillo
This was his duty. His gift. If he could just be brave. Continue reading “For When it’s Time to Go” by Shenoa Carroll-Bradd
Celia, my day nurse, knocked and entered the room I shared with Farty Arty. I never called him that to his face, but the nickname sure as hell fit; the guy was the Mount Vesuvius of bad smells. Continue reading “Farty Arty and the Visitor” by Theo Fenraven
This morning, I saw a man who looked just like my brother driving a car that looked just like mine. Makes you really rethink what they say about parallel universes. Or is that universi? I always mix it up with octopus. It’s not even a special morning either, which is disappointing. If I was to discover a parallel universe where my brother got the Honda … Continue reading “Moving Perpendicular to Time” by Evelyn Benvie
Every night for the last ninety-nine nights a story had saved her life. She was Shahrazad, wife and slave to King Shahryar. Each night she told a tale of adventure, or intrigue, or love to the king. At the end of each story she made sure to leave some mystery unsolved, some question unanswered. By doing so she hoped the King’s curiosity would get the … Continue reading “A Tale Unwoven” by David Monteith
There’s a crack in the wall and no one agrees on how it got there. Papa says the foundation shifted, but the wall didn’t want to go with it so it split right down the middle. Bubba keeps telling me the wall’s getting ready to drop the ceiling on my head. He likes messing with me, though, so I don’t believe him. Out of all … Continue reading “Cracked and Broken” by Shawna Borman
Chapter One: Amelia Shit happens. That’s what my godmother always used to say. “Amelia,” she’d tell me, waving a half-drank martini over the cheap little kitchen island she so loved to congregate around, “there’s no rhyme or reason to the world sometimes. No one deserves what they get, good or bad. It just happens. Shit happens. Remember that, honey. If you hunt for meaning in … Continue reading A Spell for Death Teaser!
B.C. Palmer is here to break genre conventions, torture characters, and make readers howl in frustration. Readers’ tears actually make him more powerful. Continue reading Author Profile: B.C. Palmer
High Fantasy, Reverse Harems, Old tales made new—former literary agent and current author Marie Robinson is here to titillate, delight, and make you lose some sleep. Continue reading Author Profile: Marie Robinson
