A Brief Investigation of the Process of Decay

by Genevieve Valentine

16 November 2009

There was a pause before "interested" that meant "acclimated," as if Mars was going to be just like the rez, except without oxygen.

True Names

by Stephanie Burgis

9 November 2009

When I let Sam sweet talk me into moving out here to the back of beyond to be his wife, it was all about the romance of the wild, the two of us standing at each other's sides against mountain lions and poisonous snakes, and me learning to be just as fierce against them as any man. Days like today somehow never got mentioned in any of his stories, back then.

Nomadology

by Chris Nakashima-Brown

2 November 2009

On-screen, stop-motion set pieces illustrated a science fiction fantasy of the destruction of the state apparatus and the abolition of private property mediated by alien invasion and natural disaster. The only sound in the room was the soft clicking of aluminum knitting needles, like a DIY Geiger counter monitoring our entropic half-lives.

Ms. Liberty Gets a Haircut

by Cat Rambo

26 October 2009

"If you're going to be our leader, you need to look like you haven't time-travelled here from the 20th century," Dr. Arcane grumbles to Ms. Liberty. "You may have been built with the blueprints from the Stepford wives, but you don't have to keep looking like one."

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