“I write with knowledge that my mortal span is approaching its endpoint, and that within the lapse of twenty-four hours no breath may further pass my lips.”
ON THE ORIGIN OF FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER’S PENIS by Maya Alexandri
AND A HUMBUG NEW YEAR by Samuel Barnhart
The dream, every bit of it came back to him and fear gripped his soul. Surely it must have been a dream.
GRAMERCY by Mario Pilla
A third knock gets you out of your desk chair, though you needn’t have bothered; with an evil, splitting crack the door swings open.
WELL REGULATED by Matt McHugh
“We’ve developed an app that can detect guns.”
MRS. HUBBLE’S PENANCE by Mark Scott Piper
It’s been nearly twenty years since she’s passed away, and it’s finally time to tell her story.
WHOSO PULLETH OUT THIS SWORD… by Paul R. Hardy
I am the sword in the stone, waiting for the rightful king to prove his claim by pulling me free.
THE PEACEFUL PLACE by Saket Badola
I was on one of those endless road trips, where I couldn’t remember where I was coming from or where I was going.
OH I’M REALLY SO, SO SORRY (AS IF) by William L. Spencer
Basically, our problem was this: where and how do we kill him?