Issue 001

Cover Art by Richard Wagner

Faulty Worker Process

By Derrick Boden Audio Narration by Noah Khyle We were clanging and cranking the machines, up and down the old Spinal Line first time we saw its face. It was small and grimy and, by its branding, ...

The Extermination Device of the Blacksmith

By Solomon Uhiara Audio Narration by Ato Essandoh Clan Uvoma 13’s streets had been exposed to whatever impurity was causing mass blindness. It was a scourge. Guesses were that some laboratory expe...

Reprint Story: A Billion Bodies More

By Sloane LeongOriginally Published by Third Flatiron Anthologies I bought us our future! Our worlds, our freedom!” Her voice cracks in her throat, hate rising in fresh seams beneath her skin. “No ...

A Bolt of Lightning

By Malena Salazar Maciá Translated by Toshiya Kamei Audio Narration by Idalia Valles Still in the delirium of fever, the boy heard his mother pray, “May Sutej of the South have mercy on him.” Then...

Finishers

By Christi Nogle Audio Narration by Michaela Meyers I’m always a little excited and nervous when Mother unwraps a new package. Sometimes, under the wooden lid is a folder stuffed with photographs—...

Evrim's Children

By Ray Nayler Audio Narration by Holly Laurent Man is a creature who can get used to anything, and I believe that is the very best way of defining him. —Fyodor Dostoevsky, Memoirs from the House o...

The Past and Future Lives of Test Subjects

By Octavia Cade Audio Narration by Aaron Sinn Some people call it murder. I’d call it arguable. Either way, it’s less confusing to focus on the science. And they’re volunteers, after all—although...

Bodhisattva from Bit

By Andy Dudak Audio Narration by John McLaughlin – 1 – Emerson Carbonhouse is ready to die when, instead of the bullet shattering his temple and bringing welcome oblivion, time freezes like a vide...

Tripping Through Time

By Rich Larson Audio Narration by Molly Jenson It’s the Great Fire of London and I’m serving biofarmed eel canapés. Smells and sounds don’t get through the bubble, or I guess they call it the chro...