Issue 005

By Bob RitchieOriginally Published by Tell-Tale Press “See you later,” he said in that voice, bass and rich and strongly accented. Behind him, the door clicked shut with a whisper of air. Aria stoo...

By Malena Salazar Maciá Translated by Toshiya Kamei Audio Narration by Kit Adames The strangers came down from the heavens in silver-gray ships with no roaring propellers, spewing dark liquid. I s...

By Vikram Ramakrishnan I’m nodding to the manufactured bass and synthetic percussion of TabbblaBeatz, waiting for fresh memories to render. I’m having trouble concentrating. I can’t believe pr0CREE...

By Gideon Marcus Carlsbad, California, with its palm trees, white sand, and Victorian/Wilhelmian architecture, was too nice a place to live. After the housing boom in the early 21st century, only t...

By Dawn Lloyd Audio Narration by Leader Looi I ain’t going to say what happened to the blue man was the worst decision I ever made, but I reckon it’s the one I’m least proud of. It was about five ...

By Guy McDonnell “Take it, you little shit.” Crusty pulls me close, so’s I gots to look up. “Take it.” I only gots three socks, and it’s my best one. It’s got Twist in it. Don’t want it. Gots to ta...

By Thomas Ha The next time he comes looking for me, I’m wide awake. Without drawing back the curtain, I can feel him standing outside the brownstone in the dark, waiting at the city sidewalk, just ...

By Claudine Griggs Audio Narration by Loretta Chang The children were regimented from morning until night, as were their parents, for the governing elders discovered long ago that scripted routine...