She Glitters in the Dark By Matt Dovey Camila glanced over at the elevators, and her heart lurched when the shining doors opened. But it still wasn’t Hailey. Perhaps she wouldn’t come after all. Perhaps something had come up. Perhaps she’d put the phone down on Camila and immediately forgotten her, moving on as…
Do Not Go Gentle By Wendy Nikel The shadow was coming. When the settlers arrived in this valley, they calculated they’d have sixteen earth-years. Sixteen. Plenty of time, they’d thought, but years pass quickly in a place of continual sunlight, where the word “day” loses its meaning and there’s no night. “We knew the…
Aural Love By L.L. Madrid At the audiologist office, Warren Nettlebaum stuffs his pockets with complimentary Werther’s as his daughter fills out a tidy stack of forms. He wishes he didn’t need the help, but his once elegant cursive vanished years ago leaving behind a weaving of serrated lines. Now his trembling fingers battle…
How People Died When the World Was New By Natalia Theodoridou To understand the places you’ll see and the people you’ll meet on your journey, traveller, you need to know this: When the world was still new, there was no death among humans. But when people became too many for a place to carry,…
Presently Me By Krystal Claxton Future-Me was being a bitch again. “And what did you accomplish?” She stared at the ceiling from her spot on the tile floor, enveloped in a downy comforter. I didn’t stop pacing around the white, empty space. “Well, you just said we’re not late for work anymore.” Future-Me’s eyes…
The Deadline By Brian K. Lowe One lifetime to experience what it meant to be human. That was all Allie had planned for. The flaw in her plan was that it had worked. “Penny for your thoughts, my love?” Smiling at the touch of David’s hand sliding across her shoulder, Allie grasped his fingertips without…
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! This is finally happening and I am practically jumping out of my chair to get this issue out to everyone. Publishing is no easy task, and I have learned a lot since publishing my first magazine. I took the knowledge and lessons learned with me to create my first…
