The Mad Scientist’s Brother

The Mad Scientist’s Brother

Jason LairamoreJan 10, 2022
Reading Time: 20 minutesBodgen, a genius scientist (just ask him) from Romania, has received a fantastical letter from America, a most assuredly made-up place, that claims he has a long, lost brother who is coming for a visit. Bodgen doesn’t believe a word of it, of course.
The Unfinished Novels of Mandrake Fluke

The Unfinished Novels of Mandrake Fluke

Matt McHughJan 7, 2022
Reading Time: 25 minutesIn 1958, a young editor corresponds with a veteran science-fiction writer.
Tik Tok Man

Tik Tok Man

Andy RaffertyJan 5, 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe five second burst of sound cycled over and over, breaking against his thoughts like waves against a levy, overwhelming him, washing him away.
Test Amongst the Shadows

Test Amongst the Shadows

Todd SullivanJan 5, 2022
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe hardest working mage who ever lived will do anything to pass his English exam.
Unarmed

Unarmed

Warren BenedettoJan 3, 2022
Reading Time: 12 minutesThe amputation was the easy part.
The Falls of Imoletta

The Falls of Imoletta

Thomas CanfieldJan 2, 2022
Reading Time: 4 minutesOne can spend an entire lifetime searching for something, only to find it lies just beyond your grasp – and your lifetime has vanished in the blink of an eye.
Gluttony

Gluttony

Henry HerzDec 31, 2021
Reading Time: 11 minutesWhat happens below decks, stays below decks in this horror/humor mashup of the biblical account of Noah’s ark and the doomed voyage of the Demeter in Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
The Apotheosis of Rosie

The Apotheosis of Rosie

Mike AdamsonDec 29, 2021
Reading Time: 4 minutesRosie O’Connell smelled only dust where once there had been life.
Dream of Humans

Dream of Humans

J.A. PakDec 29, 2021
Reading Time: 5 minutesShe was eight when her body rotted away. A virus. They were able to save her brain, and for the last ten years she’s been living inside an eight-year-old android body.

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