People Shoot People
The fridge asks every morning, without fail, why it is empty, because it cares the most about my consumption.
Escape Pod 1051: You Have Arrived at Your Destination
PodCastle 958: Of Black Town’s Monster by Chaitanya Murali – PART TWO of Two
The Cold That Brings You Home
By E.M. Linden in Issue #466 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine Afterwards, while the mother and baby slept or cooed at each other, Jesset was freed to the fresh air to deliver the grace-bread. Sister Grain baked two loaves after every birth. One for the church, to be blessed and broken for the poor of the village. One for the Kind Ones ...
The Punishing Animal
He hates the birds. There are two, a breeding pair. Their eyes are red as devils’. On land they’re stupid, little feet pushed so far back on their bodies that they can’t escape by running. Yet they glide over the water, glossy mottled boats. Their chicks ride their backs. The adults protect them, tuck black wings up to shield them from wave and ...
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