A Mortal in Armour, Among Immortals Walking
A poem about life and death by Ai Jiang.
First Sergeant Xelos Nesteroy’s Christmas List, care of Admiral Almay, Seventh Fleet, Interstellar Navy
A Christmas list from a prisoner of war.
Teacher’s Game
You run an illegal school for illegal children in an illegal township. You fight for a future your own child will never know.
Welcome to TranquiGage
You’ve got mail, citizen-employee.
I Am A Chair
An ambitious human furnishing gets a taste of luxury.
To Taste Again That Bitter Tea
A story about emptiness and the things we do to feel whole.
You and I
Delta 2Xb has gone haywire again, and you only have your selves to blame.
The Day the Slugs Fell Off
Survivors of an alien invasion make an alarming discovery.
Love Letter to My Mother Written on a Train from Moscow
The past is a locomotive that pulls the future. Sometimes, neither is yours.
Cult Comfort
cult comfort, or knowing your sacred transfiguration into a scapegoat was worthwhile, the goat mask you wore over your head for years was worth wearing, the flesh that you offered up to your family was worth the slicing, the gifts you sacrificed worth giving up, the words you stopped saying worth the silence, your tongue […]