FEATURE: “High Strung” by Katherine Pickett
The attic bedroom was a pleasant enough place to sleep in fall and spring. Less so in summer and winter.
FEATURE: “The Silence Between” by Ria Cabral
It started with the faucet.
Not the one in the kitchen, the one in the bathroom—the one Anna had
FEATURE: “In A Vegetative State” by Bob McWilliams
As I remember it, a mean, ugly April rain hammered us for three straight days. It was the kind of
FEATURE: “The Little Visitor” by Vincent H. O’Neil
It wasn’t even Ted’s cat. It belonged to his wife Wendy, who had been staying at her mother’
JANUARY 2026: Sounds and Music
So sorry this is late! We have had some issues with our domain host and some scams coming in that
FEATURE: “Shrieks and Giggles” by Anselm Eme
Preface
The Gwari people once said:
“Inyamiri nà zoo, òmùkpà na-ama jijiji.”
(When the stranger comes, the roots tremble.)
Long
FEATURE: “The Road to Bitter End” by Justin Carlos Alcalá
We sped along a dark highway chained down by somnolent villages and crooked woods. Mellony sat drunk on borrowed dreams
FEATURE: “Performance Review” by Nathan Pasko
I was an hour early because to be even one minute late was to face automated retirement at the hands
December 2025
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of
DOUBLE FEATURE
Apothecary’s Tale by Robin Hickson
Death doesn’t scare you. Only the pointlessness of a bound existence could do