An eclectic mix of all flavours of genre fiction
De Draconibus AmericanisJournals on the Subject of North American Dragonsby C. Breeze FOREWORDWhat follows are pages recovered from the personal journal of Francis Hildebrand, renown explorer and draco-herpetologist of international fame. His work on...
Nana Emma by Dennis Kohler Nana Emma’s house was empty. It was less than it had been. It was, now, without her vibrant spirit. She had been gone less than three weeks when the...
Kirkoff’s Friend by Michael W. Clark Kirkoff was always disappointed in Cleveland. It was 1990 and Lake Erie was still the shitty mess it had been twenty years ago. He always wanted to enjoy...
What Holds the Future? by Bill Tope iSweeney sat in the examination room, clad in a hospital smock that was open in the back, and staring bleakly at the pale green walls and the...
More Than Me by Bill Tope 1Henry glanced down at himself, saw the threadbare white t-shirt with the food stains and where he’d brushed his teeth that morning and dribbled toothpaste onto the fabric....
Two Brothers by Bill Tope 1984It was well past midnight when Dad padded from his bedroom out to the living room of the small frame house in Southern Illinois. He had been awakened by...
Hog Heaven, A Lawyer’s Pig Tale by Steven Eichenblatt A primal scream pierces the quiet. Twigs snap with assault rifle speed as the rustle of leaves approaches my perch. A foul stench that reeks of...
Over the Counter by Paul Kimm Paul went to live in Russia on the fifth day of January in 1998. He was thirty years old. The Russian Federation was six years old, or to...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a fictional excerpt from a fictional law school textbook, describing the conviction of a man for murdering alien life during humanity’s accidental first contact with them. We hope readers find...
Vacation by Tom Koperwas Bill Johnson sat in his cubicle and waited for the staff to leave. It was five o’clock on a hot afternoon in July, the start of the annual plant shutdown....
