Balloons, by Christine Miscione
At twenty-two years, Callie’s cysts ate her ovaries, and twisted tubes into malignant spiral staircases. The staircases led to nowhere. They broke apart in places, too dangerous, a looming safety … Continue reading
A City on Its Tentacles, by R.B. Lemberg
Luba bent over her daughter’s bed, under the apartment’s single window. The setting sun wove Maya’s sleeping face into the shadows. Her little fingers, listless upon the faded blanket, reminded … Continue reading
On Every Boy’s Skin (All the Stars Ever, Also Bones), by Erik Amundsen
You said, “I’ve found them.” The moth dips down through an atmosphere: carbon dioxide, nitrogen, water, trace gasses. Pollen. Bacteria. Particulate. It ebbs and flows through the porous mass of … Continue reading
Issue 1 Table of Contents
Here’s the full Table of Contents for our inaugural issue. We’re proud of it, though we have no right to be; the heavy lifting was done by the talented people … Continue reading
New Year’s Update
Our Issue 1 Table of Contents is nearly complete. Six engaging tales have been assigned illustrations, and a seventh will be arriving any day from our final invited author. Not … Continue reading
Things Moving Apace…
The response this fledgling mag has received from the speculative fiction crowd exceeds expectation. We have five very fine tales committed to Issue 1 (with room to grow), and several … Continue reading
And Now We Are
This place where prose does more than get the job done. Where it shakes out its feathers or tries on outrageous costumes. Where it recalls tradition or flouts it completely. … Continue reading
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