The Polydactyl – By Hayden Moore
Author's note: This is a work of allegorical fiction following Autolyca, an orphan girl trying to survive in the city. When her song and...
Double Shift – By Zach Murphy
Heavy eyelids don’t adhere to will after you’ve just worked a double shift.
Zamir was having that problem on a particularly snowy night, so he...
Raindrops and summer wine – By Mitali Chakravarty
As the raindrops fell - one two three… infinity - the woman looked out of the window and she drifted back to the past,...
Pigeons – By Richard Risemberg
"Look at that scruffy bum, thinking he's so sexy—hah!" Ellie gestured with her jaw. A fat male pigeon puffed and strutted on the brickwork...
The Boy Who Killed Time – By Robin Gregory
The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman
Book 2:
The Boy Who Killed Time
(An excerpt)
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Prologue
I was asleep on my cot when a thumping sound woke me....
One Day, These Trains Will Run Again – By Justin Bryant
The power was down more often now. The only way Gill could tolerate the heat was to sit under highway overpasses, shielded from the...
The Kissing Class – By Michael Conniff
You never knew what you might find in those handouts under Human Potential or Leisure Pursuits. You never knew, and it was in one...
Arab Spring – By Gregorio Tafoya
His dad threatened to take his allowance—to lower it at least. Ethan tried reasoning with him, but the man was resolute, his authority not...
Apartment 806 – By James la Vigne
Alison dreamed that Daddy climbed out of a deep, kelpy lake to give her a box. Inside was an iPod Nano. Without speaking, he...
She was his Lolita – By Rimli Bhattacharya
She always loved to write and dance, it was in her blood. She had been dancing since age four. She knew singing as well...