Touring Test By Holly Schofield
I pulled over onto the shoulder of Highway 16 and opened my door for the hitchhiker. The sweat from the summer heat ran down his face as he pulled the door closed. His grubby jeans were shoved...
View ArticleFrom the Editor’s Lair by Jennifer Brozek
Speculate! is going well. I believe the first story will go live in June. I’ve narrowed things down quite a bit. As for the slush pile, from all reports, my slush reader believes about 50% of what we...
View Article>SYS REBOOT by Holly Heisey
5. The bar is full of violet smoke which shakes to the green of rave light. I pluck out the tune on my eight-stringed electrolin, shimmering the smoke with every touch. This is my bar. 4. A man walks...
View ArticleA Dance to End Our Final Day by Beth Cato
The world would end at 6:09 p.m., but Meg’s final batch of chocolate chip cookies would be done in three minutes. She had kept the dough in the fridge all night, chilling it to perfection, and began to...
View ArticleI Am Your Heartbeat by H.E. Roulo
I am your heartbeat, counting down. Evening chill turns voices into puffs of clouds while I wait for you. Ropes creak and waves slap wood. The ships are returning thick to the harbor. Some bear faded...
View ArticleAutomatic Sky by Stephen S. Power
Marina’s world is a pale speck on Hub’s forward monitor. Having just unfolded at the edge of her system, he won’t arrive at Sonhar for two days, and the wait is killing him. When you travel halfway...
View ArticleSuicide Bureau by Eric Fritz
Michael tapped a button to answer his phone on the first ring. Call volume was heavy today, and there was no sense in wasting time. “You’ve reached a safe space.” He tried to tune out the noise of the...
View ArticleThe White Snake by Laurie Tom
You didn’t know me the second time you said “Hello.” You couldn’t have known we’d met before, because people don’t believe in spirits in this modern day. Everything is decided, neatly parceled into...
View ArticleTHE TAPE LIBRARY by Josh Roseman
Martha knows her career is ending. She’s known it for years. But when the meeting is called, and she sees that everyone in the conference room is over fifty, she knows she’s out of time. “A generous...
View ArticleFrom the Editor’s Lair by Jennifer Brozek
I love flash fiction. A good story told in a thousand words will last a lifetime. For the past year, I have read, accepted, or rejected 510 submissions that I read between February and October 2015....
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