Bromley by Patrick Loveland
by Patrick Loveland A low rising hum and crackling of static electricity woke Richard Stuart in his hospital bed. Through bleary eyes he looked around, seeing he was flanked by beeping machines. Pierced…
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Sunken Song by Avery Malone
by Avery Malone “Tell me again what kind of cult it was,” he said, eyes scanning ahead, both hands on the wheel. Both hands on the wheel meant he was paying close attention…
Seagulls by Dmitry Kostyukevich
by Dmitry Kostyukevich “Ruslan! Stop feeding them!” Aunt Masha grabbed Ruslan’s thin wrist, and the boy nearly dropped the cookie. He pursed his mouth and looked plaintively at me. I stroked my son’s…
Defragmented Souls by Jeff Gard
by Jeff Gard “Do I have a soul?” “No.” G3R1 clocks the response at less than a second. Not bad for a human, but in that amount of time, it could have read…
Down by the Water by Cordelia Harrison
by Cordelia Harrison Celia Mulligan was found dead; floating face down in the murky waters of the river Bourton. Her dress originally a sparse white muslin, was stained green with numerous strains of…
The Streamer Man by Paul Alex Gray
by Paul Alex Gray It’s late on a Saturday at Sarah’s house. Her mom goes out and won’t be back for hours, so the girls pull a bottle of fruity wine from the…
One Week Getaway by James Rumpel
by James Rumpel The exceedingly elderly man sat in his hover chair, surrounded by numerous tubes and wires. The primary purpose of the gadgetry was to maintain the decrepit man’s existence, though they…
Hexman by Levi Krain
by Levi Krain I am made of witches’ brooms, toadstools, hemp, and old maids’ revenge. A man paces beneath the tree at the far end of a backyard. His feet are restless, like…
River Song by Emma Johnson-Rivard
by Emma Johnson-Rivard It starts like this. The dead girl was not buried. She was stuffed into a burlap sack and thrown from a bridge to float two miles downstream before coming to…
Kobudai by Jake Kendall
by Jake Kendall Sean paused outside the wine bar. He took a deep breath, wiped the sweat of his palms against his jeans and walked inside. His date was watching from a table…
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