Recent Fiction

The Gadgey

by Alan Campbell

5 May 2008

Besides, E.T. was plastic-looking, not like the proper aliens he'd seen on Sky when he was round at Gordie's. Not like this thing. This thing had a whole bunch of tentacles, like wee willies, hanging from its chin.

Five Good Things About Meghan Sheedy (part 2 of 2)

by A.M. Dellamonica

28 April 2008

The dust bomb had been concealed under the steps of the infirmary, just on the edge of the playground. Dispersal had spread it like a ball of seeds from a dandelion, and now the infirmary was missing a perfect quarter-sphere of its structure.

Five Good Things About Meghan Sheedy (part 1 of 2)

by A.M. Dellamonica

21 April 2008

It was a way of dealing, Dinah knew, and she tried to ignore Aidan as he threw an imaginary grenade and then made a sprinkling motion over Jesse, a finger-waving shorthand that used to mean falling snow.

Valiant on the Wing

by Chris Szego

14 April 2008

"I'm terribly sorry," she said, in a thin and lilting voice, "but it seems. . . ." Then she fell, a leaf dropping, onto the polished wooden floor.

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