A DRAGON IN EMPYREBy Joel TagertArt by Ali HoffPublished Issue 079, July 2020 Senator Streety looked uncomfortable on the way up in the shuttle, crunching his eyes closed and wrapping his arms around his stomach. Phaera leaned over in her seat. “Can we get you anything, maybe an anti-nausea med?” He shook his large, dark, […]
A LAKE SO STILLBy Joel TagertIllustration by Dylan FowlerPublished Issue 078, June 2020 Two days after leaving the forest, the Shizi army surmounted a final crest, emerging into a broad bowl-shaped valley backed by a steep rocky slope laden with glacial ice. There on a hill was Gyontse Castle, all right; but completely surrounding it was a
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BRIGHT RAINBy Sean Eads & Joshua ViolaPart 1 Published Issue 077, May 2020 The Tomorrow Project introduced helpful nanites into the human body, eradicating common ailments like cancer, heart disease and dementia. The nanites were designed to expire after six months and leave the body, but the expelled nanites rose into the atmosphere in water vapor and evolved.
SCRIMSHAWBy Joel TagertPublished Issue 076, April 2020 It was the day after what would come to be called the Black Squall of ’52 that Dan Jensen and his little crew puttered into the bay with a catch fit to burst the nets. “I only want three things in life: a good catch, a good beer,
BFG By Sean Eads & Joshua ViolaPart 1 Published Issue 075, March 2020 In a distant future where religious belief is almost non-existent, a separatist group of fundamentalist Christians on a far-away planet worship an android they believe to be the incarnation of their messiah. Years after being kidnapped and brought to Earth for study,
THE MARSH HOUSE By Joel TagertPublished Issue 065, May 2019 The marsh house was heavily ensorcelled. Invisible to airplanes and satellites, it likewise defeated the occasional hunter or fisherman who ventured so far, who might admire the reflection of the trees in the still ponds below, but never notice the quirky red-sided home floating forty
OLIVOS, PART 2By Ricardo FernandezPublished Issue 018, June 2015 The wind had changed direction and now heavy sheets of rain played a sad cadence against the glass windows of the office. It was this song that brought Jorge Vasquez back into the present. He rubbed his eyes and stretched in his chair. On the desk
MANY NOBLE NAMESBy Jason HellerPublished Issue 009, September 2014 Blood was nothing new on that boulevard. Trails of it appeared on the sidewalks about once a month, shed we assumed by someone beaten or stabbed during the night. Sometimes the blood looked like rust. Other times it was redder and fresher, perhaps dripped on the
