fantasy

A Circle Of Fifths by Mehreen Ahmed

A Circle Of Fifths by Mehreen Ahmed Pale morning—Qasida singers, walk through the deserted alleys drumming up a traditional song of sehri in old Dhaka, ‘wake up—it’s sehri time. Get going, eat up, fast...

Unclip my soul by Charles George

Unclip my soul by Charles George There are ways by which you can unclip your soul. The first method involves jumping into a river from a tall cliff. It nearly made it on my...

Pioneer by Nicholas Woods

Pioneer by Nicholas Woods “There is a land where the mountains are nameless and the rivers all run God knows where; there are lives that are erring and aimless, and deaths that just hang...

Two Kings For Toltan by R. K. Olson

Author’s Note: The Spearslayer Sect was annihilated at the Battle of the Golga River by the treachery of the Three Nation Alliance. A thousand years of knowledge and the perfection of the warrior arts...

AI and Art with Uwe Jarling

AI and Art with Uwe Jarlinga presentation by the editor and the artist Is art by any other origin still art? This is a serious problem, serious business and a grim reality in imaginative...

The Longest Road by John Stadelman

The Longest Road by John Stadelman I Ross pulled the stolen Wrangler over onto the shoulder of the highway. Messy perked up in the passenger seat, a tight coil of sandy-brown fur peeking at...

The Last by Alexander Preis

The Last by Alexander Preis The quill scratched against the parchment, the iron gall ink leaving its impressions in flowing text. With little more than a shaft of moonlight and the rapidly approaching dawn...

Immortias by James Rumpel

Immortias by James Rumpel Thomas James Wolfe rolled over and looked at the clock. It was well past time to wake up. With a heavy sigh, he climbed over his sleeping wife. Her labored...

Titillating Physics 101 by Gary Ives

Titillating Physics 101 by Gary Ives In 1959 15-year old Jerry Hill did not like church.  Sunday school was tolerable only because of Lee Anne Hellman’s tits and Allen Vankamp’s cigarettes in the churchyard. ...

Lollipop Babies with chainsaws by Benson Phillip Lott

Lollipop Babies with chainsaws by Benson Phillip Lott “These babies have been bad. Real bad. But Cupcake City ain’t safe without ‘em.” WARNING: THESE BABIES ARE PROFESSIONALS DO NOT TRY FIGHTING CRIME WITH A...