Recent Fiction

Who in Mortal Chains

by Claire Humphrey

8 March 2010

They offered violence. It's an offer I can't help but accept.

Small Burdens

by Paul M. Berger

1 March 2010

Moth had a new possum. She had fashioned a little broom for the creature and now she was teaching it to sweep the floor. This was proving an uphill battle. The possum had no natural grasp of the concept of tidiness, and it was developing a rapidly escalating personal hatred of Moth.

Sundowning

by Joanne Merriam

22 February 2010

"It's time for the bloodletting," I told him. I had the needle ready in my hand.

Doctor Diablo Goes Through the Motions

by Saladin Ahmed

15 February 2010

"I can guess his goddamn origin: Disaffected rich kid. Fled America and trained with mystical Eastern warriors. Soon became the best—one year at ninja camp is always enough time for a gringo to get better than any native."

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