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September 24, 2021
The Memorial
Auston shook his head and pulled away a vine twisted around the pedestal. As soon as his fingers brushed it, the statue spoke in a booming voice. “Behold my works, O lesser mortals!”
The Memorial
Auston shook his head and pulled away a vine twisted around the pedestal. As soon as his fingers brushed it, the statue spoke in a booming voice. “Behold my works, O lesser mortals!”
September 10, 2021
Ward F
The paper chart hanging in the frame outside the room simply listed “particle beam injury.” This was one of the only hospitals in the country where they still used paper charts. Less data leaks that way.
Ward F
The paper chart hanging in the frame outside the room simply listed “particle beam injury.” This was one of the only hospitals in the country where they still used paper charts. Less data leaks that way.
August 27, 2021
One Last Trip
First, I tested the contraption on objects: a heavy skeleton key, a glass of tap water, the watch I wore on my left wrist. I sent these things into the near future and as planned, they appeared in my home a week later without fanfare or fuss.
One Last Trip
First, I tested the contraption on objects: a heavy skeleton key, a glass of tap water, the watch I wore on my left wrist. I sent these things into the near future and as planned, they appeared in my home a week later without fanfare or fuss.
August 13, 2021
By Any Other
Beggar, she’s called during her hungry youth in the village by the waves. Servant, after the oracle’s acolytes claim her for their distant temple.
By Any Other
Beggar, she’s called during her hungry youth in the village by the waves. Servant, after the oracle’s acolytes claim her for their distant temple.
July 30, 2021
The Set-Up
The Ghost Lotus Society stacked up bodies in five countries with an enthusiastic disregard for life. In my four years tracking them, I picked up a shrapnel wound from a grenade and lost my left hand…
The Set-Up
The Ghost Lotus Society stacked up bodies in five countries with an enthusiastic disregard for life. In my four years tracking them, I picked up a shrapnel wound from a grenade and lost my left hand…
July 16, 2021
Heaven Ain’t What It’s Cracked Up To Be
I’m not the kind of person to complain—I never was. But now that I’m dead, I’m finding it a bit hard to keep quiet.
Heaven Ain’t What It’s Cracked Up To Be
I’m not the kind of person to complain—I never was. But now that I’m dead, I’m finding it a bit hard to keep quiet.
July 2, 2021
Amanita
When the poisonous mushrooms emerged, the girls flocked to them like birds to a field of ripe wheat.
Amanita
When the poisonous mushrooms emerged, the girls flocked to them like birds to a field of ripe wheat.
June 26, 2021
Giving Up the Ghost
I open my eyes. I am seventeen again. I’m sitting on my bed in my old room at my parents’ house. Eddie Vedder is crooning “Even Flow” over the boombox on my dresser.
Giving Up the Ghost
I open my eyes. I am seventeen again. I’m sitting on my bed in my old room at my parents’ house. Eddie Vedder is crooning “Even Flow” over the boombox on my dresser.
June 18, 2021
Never-ending Dawn
Roy pulled the covers up to his chin and huffed. “I’m not sleepy. Tell me more about the Mad Scientist of Station Seventeen, Grandma.”
Never-ending Dawn
Roy pulled the covers up to his chin and huffed. “I’m not sleepy. Tell me more about the Mad Scientist of Station Seventeen, Grandma.”
June 4, 2021
Alien Taxidermy and Love Have Four Things in Common
Another one fell from the sky today. It landed on my old pickup, with legs sprawled in every direction, long neck draped over the headlights.
Alien Taxidermy and Love Have Four Things in Common
Another one fell from the sky today. It landed on my old pickup, with legs sprawled in every direction, long neck draped over the headlights.