Matthew Hughes | And Then Some
Erm Kaslo came to Cheddle on the Adelaine, a tramp freighter that didn’t mind taking passengers who didn’t mind the quality of the accommodations. He could have come on a liner, but he preferred, when...
24 Sep 20131h 7min
Will McIntosh | Dry Bite
Josephine had been up all night, her heart pounding, thinking about this day, about whether she would survive it. Now, out on the road and exposed on all sides, she was so scared she could barely brea...
24 Sep 201359min
Lisa Tuttle | Ragged Claws
Last night, after a short struggle, I went out. It’s like that most evenings, the slow, silent battle between my desire to stay in, with my thoughts and dreams and memories, and the need to go where o...
17 Sep 201332min
Seanan McGuire | Homecoming
The locker room is always tense before a game. Alisa is trying to get her uniform to stay in place, counting more on safety pins and prayer than she probably should, and Birdie—true to her name—keeps ...
10 Sep 201337min
Gene Wolfe | Suzanne Delage
As I was reading last night—reading a book, I should explain, which was otherwise merely commonplace; one of those somewhat political, somewhat philosophical, somewhat historical books which can now b...
3 Sep 201319min
Sean Williams | Face Value
News of the disappearance of inventor Felix Frey spread through the Air with electric ease. It was exactly the kind of distraction I needed. There are only so many quaint old thefts and counterfeit sc...
27 Aug 201335min
Cory Skerry | Breathless in the Deep
When Jantz spotted a black skeleton jutting up above the water, at first she thought it was just a tide-battered tree, but before long she could make out the shredded ropes and scraps of sail. The woo...
20 Aug 201337min
Ken Liu | The Litigation Master and the Monkey King
The tiny cottage at the edge of Sanli Village—away from the villagers’ noisy houses and busy clan shrines and next to the cool pond filled with lily pads, pink lotus flowers, and playful carp—would ha...
13 Aug 201355min
