Stupid Things
By Jason Pere The Bayou Vermilion train continued its creaky journey through Arizona’s southern desert. Its giltwork trim and gaudy colors contrasted with the harsh land it traversed. Xiong “Wendy” Cheng counted cacti as the train began its slow climb up yet...
Too Tough To Die
by Owen Lean Act 1 “Matilda, do you remember what happened?” John said when I came back. Of course I remembered. Nobody could forget a day like that and the nightmares that followed. It was the day after all that madness of the corral and the phrase “Murdered in...
There Comes a Reckoning
By David Orange Pancho Castillo paused as he entered the laboratory of the Distinguished Collegium of Interspacial Physics. Flickering gaslights illuminated two men. A tall man wearing a lab coat paced the lab, the other seated by a desk. The latter indicated an...