Issue 002

Cover Art by Mashiene 11

Reprint Story: Masks

By Stewart C. BakerOriginally Published by SFComet Min can tell by the way the man in the lizard mask drums the fingers of one hand on the surface of his desk that he is angry. She avoids the brigh...

The Revolving Couch Therapy Ride

By Bo Balder Audio Narration by Bridie Jurasevich They enter the Revolving Couch. Maxey is nervous, her friend Joene not so much. “It's like at the carnival,” Joene says. Maxey knows Joene hasn't ...

The Last Miner

By Tom Jolly Audio Narration by Aaron Sinn Each day at the same time, PM12 beamed a signal at Earth to update its status. It didn’t stop working to perform this task. Sometimes, there was a respon...

Drifting from Her Lunar Ruin

By Sloane Leong Audio Narration by Holly Laurent The scent of quartz hits you like a collapse, inky dreams crumbling into a cold, crisp awareness. White dust falls from your eyes and mouth as they...

The Past, History

By Aeryn Rudel Audio Narration by John Druska Murder was supposed to be a permanent situation. Jared Stiles should know; murder was his business, and contract killers didn't get paid unless their ...

Her Tongue Was Weighted with Salt

By Alexandra Seidel Audio Narration by Erika Sanderson Three chocolates sat in the box, peering out at Tamsin through the clear plastic cover. They glittered with coarse salt, the simple variety, ...

Your Augmented Home is Now Ready

By Erich Alan Werner Audio Narration by Alli Nova Blake has fallen asleep again, just moments after our bodies parted. So, I tiptoe in the dark to the other side of the bed and, gently removing th...

The Three Breeds of Lie

By T. M. Hurree Mr. Mishra is the third gene agent I’ve seen today. The first had dark grey scales and a bifid tongue which flickered nastily as he rejected Son. The second had waxy, translucent sk...

The Hottest on the Hotline

By Evan Marcroft Audio Narration by Molly Jenson I was finishing up with a promising call when Judith came on to the intercom to announce that we had just broken our jumpslip goal for November, and...