Benjamin Peek | Upon the Body
The sin-eater arrived in Zonia Province two days before the death of the great gun fighter, Arryo Salazar. He was a small man, the sin-eater, thin and wiry, a rusting coil. At sixty-four, he had left ...
20 Aug 201450min
Desirina Boskovich | Dear Owner of This 1972 Ford Crew Cab Pickup
It’s me again. Remember me? In the beginning I left a note stuck to your windshield. You are parked outside my bedroom window, it said. Please stop revving your truck at 3 a.m., or find somewhere else...
6 Aug 201424min
Mari Ness | Death and Death Again
That evening, she kills him again. This time, she works slowly, exquisitely slowly, taking frequent stops for food, for wine, for blood. Once or twice she even excuses herself to go to the bathroom, a...
16 Jul 201419min
Lane Robins | The Black Window
The house looked like a sand castle after the tide had come in. Except sand suggested a crumbling grayness, and the tall, narrow house was a fresh white. A front porch was large enough for a swinging ...
2 Jul 201444min
H.L. Nelson | Dirtman
When I see the scorpion curled under a caliche rock I picked up, my first want is to smash it like Daddy would. Daddy’s always killing things—hairy tarantulas in the hall, fat diamondbacks in the fiel...
25 Jun 201443min
Łukasz Orbitowski | Don’t Go
—Don’t go—she said. Leaning on the door frame as if she was about to fall down. I understood that she was worrying about me. She could’ve stopped me, but she didn’t. Only the words: “Don’t go.” A lump...
11 Jun 201421min
Seanan McGuire | Spores
Something in the lab smelled like nectarine jam. I looked up from the industrial autoclave, frowning as I sniffed the air. Unusual smells aren’t a good thing when you work in a high-security bio lab. ...
4 Jun 201449min
Chesya Burke | I Make People Do Bad Things
Old Sam was dying. He had been dying for approximately twenty-seven years, by Queenie’s account. Exactly the amount of time since hell had frozen over and God had relinquished the title on His throne,...
28 Mai 201441min
