Issue: October 2007

The Nekky-Bird Song

Why would a fireman throw food at his girlfriend? Because that’s what he had done. And the woman stood there beside the picnic table while the potato salad dripped off [...]

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“Are you stalking me?” the wizard asked.
I looked up, annoyed at having been caught, but glad that he was more astute than he looked. His breath plumed before him. It [...]

Empire of Ivory, by Naomi Novik

Fourth in Novik’s Temeraire series, an alternate history Napoleonic-era war filled with dragons. This time His Majesty’s (Dragon) Aerial Corps is attacked by disease.

No Gatekeepers: An Interview with Nisi Shawl

Author and teacher Nisi Shawl joins us for a chat about writing different ethnicities, fights with guitarists, and why writing is a power trip.

And the Raindrops—Its Tears

Long before her blindness, his mother, like all mothers, preached of the safety beneath umbrellas. Now the way she insisted on hers, though she could not see, reaching for it [...]

How to Be a Good Citizen

My Life in 1951
by Mrs. Doris Jones
They said to write about my daily life because that’s what people of the future would be interested in. But I don’t think you’re [...]