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Oct 11, 2017

A Cat of the Autumn

By Emma Whitehall 11pm The sky and the river and her fur are the same colour. The cat pads soundlessly along the cobbled streets of the Quayside, tail held high. She smells fish and water and people, sees bright lights reflected in puddles. Night is falling ever quicker these days, and…

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A Cat of the Autumn
A Cat of the Autumn
Fiction

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Oct 6, 2017

Killer Revolution

By Craig Wallwork That lousy bitch! I’ll say it again. That lousy bitch! I fuck one French girl and I end up having my heart and nose broken. Paris was supposed to be romantic. I’ve seen the films. Midnight walks down the Seine, a kiss by the Hotel De Ville…

Fiction

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Killer Revolution
Killer Revolution
Fiction

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Sep 14, 2017

How Many Miles to Babylon

By Megan Arkenberg And he cried out in a mighty voice: Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She had become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and hateful beast. — Revelation 18:2

Fiction

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How Many Miles to Babylon
How Many Miles to Babylon
Fiction

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Aug 25, 2017

Rules for Killing Monsters

by David Sklar When we started playing LandsBetwyxt, Jerry was all about killing monsters. But Amy was in Drama Club at Hematite High, where we went to school, in the Upper Peninsula, near Lake Michigan, on the dateline, and for her it was about interacting with people we met in…

Fiction

23 min read

Rules for Killing Monsters
Rules for Killing Monsters
Fiction

23 min read


Aug 8, 2017

The Mystery Spot

By Tara L. Masih Tea cups remain full these days. More for comfort than for quenching thirst, the Red Rose that cools within the patterned bone china. There is a small corner Christmas tree, it’s the day after Christmas, 1941, and the peppermint-patterned packages are still wrapped. Tinsel silvers the…

Fiction

3 min read

The Mystery Spot
The Mystery Spot
Fiction

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Mar 13, 2017

“A Hopeless Case” by Hilary Davidson

Sarah is about to throw herself under a train at Grand Central Station. Given just six months to live by her doctor, weak from chemo and now living in an empty apartment alone, she feels she has nothing to live for. Her husband, Colin, still lives in their home, but…

Chemo

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“A Hopeless Case” by Hilary Davidson
“A Hopeless Case” by Hilary Davidson
Chemo

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Mar 10, 2017

“A Special Kind of Hell” by Hilary Davidson

After seventeen years of marriage, Derek has revealed to Paige during counselling that he wants to visit a dominatrix. It’s one of his deepest desires, he says, and it doesn’t mean anything, it isn’t about sex. He’s under a lot of pressure, he needs her to understand, doesn’t want this…

Couples

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“A Special Kind of Hell” by Hilary Davidson
“A Special Kind of Hell” by Hilary Davidson
Couples

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Mar 9, 2017

“Balancing Act” by Bobbie Ann Mason

An elderly woman who is quite active seems unable to seek simple assistance for balance issues when climbing mountains or explore other groups without realizing some things about the world around her. People are either asleep or trying to compartmentalize her, as if age and pursuits make her some sort…

Aging

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“Balancing Act” by Bobbie Ann Mason
“Balancing Act” by Bobbie Ann Mason
Aging

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Mar 8, 2017

“All That Touches The Air” by An Owomoyela

Colonists on Earth-like Predonia have been able to find a somewhat normal way of life on a strange planet. They share the planet with Vosth parasites that invade anything that touches the air turning into to silvery zombies. The humans grow accustomed to wearing environmental suits to keep the Vosth…

Fantasy

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“All That Touches The Air” by An Owomoyela
“All That Touches The Air” by An Owomoyela
Fantasy

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Mar 7, 2017

“That’s Him! That’s the Guy!” by Dan Chaon

Their father dies when they are ten years old. They think they see his ghost everywhere, for a while. As teenagers, they drift apart, she falling pregnant senior year. But when he reaches middle age, the age his father was when he died, he thinks about calling her. About the Author Dan Chaon’s stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Prize, and the Pushcart Prize. His collection Among the Missing was a National Book Award nominee; his most recent collection, Stay Awake, was a finalist for the Story Prize. He lives in Cleveland.

Ghost

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“That’s Him! That’s the Guy!” by Dan Chaon
“That’s Him! That’s the Guy!” by Dan Chaon
Ghost

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