The Harbour Bears, by Trevor Shikaze
Another homeless foot in the harbour. Homeless because a foot needs an ankle to feel in place, and because the ankle once belonged to a leg on a person who … Continue reading
Fertility Tree, by Recle Etino Vibal
On the eve of the fertility festival, Halimuyak had second thoughts about bearing a child. She tried hiding her fears, but her trembling hands and pouring sweat made her family … Continue reading
Bonsaiships of Venus, by Kate Heartfield
The work of aesthetics is the aesthetics of work. —Principles of Graphene Cultivation, by Johanne St-Pierre, Vol. II Makoto adjusted the angle of his scalpel’s electron beam, exhaled and made … Continue reading
Issue 4 Table of Contents
Here’s the full table of contents for Issue 4, due out in October. We asked for stories about “institutions” and our contributors answered the charge beautifully. They sent us tales that explore … Continue reading
Issue 3 Foreword
I wonder how many quest stories the average homo sapiens has heard or read or imagined by the time they’re forty? The quest motif is the firmament under our myths, … Continue reading
A Quest for Fire, by Alexandra Seidel
In an old, dusty book, I once found a handwritten note about him. It said, in swirling script, that he collected fires, the fires of the hearth and the heart, … Continue reading
In Winter, by Sonya Taaffe
They call her the robber girl because she takes whatever she wants, and what she wants to take most are lives. She does it best with her Mosin-Nagant, iron-sighted like … Continue reading
Not Her Garden, by Yukimi Ogawa
She was not a princess. She might have been, if times and places had allowed, but for now she was no more than a daughter of a wealthy family. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
LACKINGTON'S 
Slight Shift
Issue 4 is out in the world! And very happy we are with it, too. Our subscribers will have already spotted a copy in their inbox via Weightless Books (or will … Continue reading →