By Clarissa Janeen (TW: blood, violence against children) There once was a woman whose son was sickly. She took him to the fae so that he could be healed and found a faerie who was willing to help her, but in exchange, she had to make a deal to serve Read more
By Brianne Simone (TW: ableism and sexual harassment) “There is news I must share with you, Doireann.” Patrons bustled around us as Jamie stared intently at me. I could feel their curious eyes lingering as they passed, but Jamie was as immutable as a rock in a river. “It is my wish Read more
By Luke Flanagan (TW: Brief mention of self harm) Norilsk, Russia is the northernmost city in the world. Six hundred and twenty-one nautical miles to the north, on the west side of October Revolution Island, Cassandra Skowroński sat in a plastic folding chair clicking her mechanical pencil and watching the Read more
By Naomi Necakov (TW: abuse and violence) No man is burdenless. We carry heavy cargo invisible to the naked eye but blinding to the soul. I harbor such weight during morning, noon, and night. A prince has no time for worrying—ease and grandeur are his only concerns. He does not Read more
By Brenna McCord (TW: gore, implied/referenced animal death, threats of child death, and minor body horror) The horizon was a bloody gash against the night by the time the Creature made it to the river where the child would be drowned. The babe had been shoved into the Creature’s recalcitrant Read more