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 [...]
Issue: October 2007
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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 [...]