Chapter 3: July 2025- “A Cosmic Horror”
Where there is no imagination, there is no horror. -Arthur Conan Doyle
“A Cosmic Concerto”- Bradley Ramsey
Alfred was
Micro Monday #11: “Paper Birds” by Claudia Wysocky
I was a bird once, made of paper and thin air
flying over the arid landscape of my soul.
My
Chapter 2: June 2025; “Friends, Strangers, and Enemies”
How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes
Micro Monday #10: “Brought Back” by Marston Kelley
The third day of my brother’s death, I sat in my kitchen. The sun shone through the window, painting
Micro Monday #9: “personal growth for anarchist gremlins” by mk zariel
This work originally appeared in Backstory Magazine.
since middle school, when i’ve had an interpersonal conflict, i’ve handled
Micro Monday #8: “Exorcism” by Jacqueline Zalace
I think I was lying in bed when my chest burst
open – was Sigourney there? I read that her name
Micro Monday #7: “The Unnamed Kings” by Ian Brunner
I.
You’re walking down a semi-congested road a few days after the year has rolled over. It’s not
Micro Monday #6: “The Shape on the Moor” by Eric Dodson
I will tell you of my encounter with the Shape on the moor. It is a dark tale, and for
Chapter 1: May 2025-“A Matter of Life and Death”
“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” Edgar Allen Poe
In this chapter, we will explore
Micro Monday #5: “furniture’s revenge” by Jay Goldin
sunlight awakens the slumbering couch
bringing to a boil its simmering rage
likewise the carpet, the tables and chairs
on