by Landen Morris The vast emptiness of space resonated as the moon shone bright over the valley of Miras, beaming through the unidentifiable wood of alien trees that made up the foliage. Deeper into the valley, where the moonlight could not reach but the stars and planets appeared blissfully in Read more
by Ed Jacobs Shana sat against the back wall of Mike’s Sandwich Shoppe with her phone laying face up on the table. A parade of cars passed by the floor-to-ceiling marketplace window, every one in a hurry to be somewhere else. Across from her, Baptiste’s eyes remained firmly on his Read more
by Brett Cadigan Without the pills, I’m starting to remember. The headaches are getting worse. But it’s all worth it. I’m going to rescue her from this cold, antiseptic place. Oh, no… the headache is coming back. It’s getting harder to hold on to what’s real. I’m blacking out again— Read more
by Vincent Bernabeo (Fragments from the recovered journal of Dr. Thomas Raines, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Pacific Coast University) March 2 Headache again. Behind the eyes, like someone’s pushing outward.I nearly passed out in the middle of class today. I was talking about Nietzsche—the abyss gazes also, etc.—and I could Read more
By Ryn Brierley I place the soda and bag of pretzels on the counter. “That’s twenty seconds, please,” the cashier says. I drop the pack of gum I was just about to add to the pile. “Twenty seconds? It should only be ten for all of this.” “Inflation,” he says. Read more