The Wedding March by Elizabeth Chatsworth
Albion Star System: CE 3048The Planet Britannia Cathedral Zee’s silver ankle bells jingled with every step, light and lively after her prison chains. She kicked out her toes, talons retracted, careful not to shred her snowy bridal robe. Her merry tune played off-beat to the guards’ slow, booted march. Thud,…
One Hundred Years of Dreaming by Chris Collins
The Old Woman’s Advice Calpurnia woke up screaming. Breathless, she gasped into consciousness, her panicked bosom heaving until the Oneiroi demon dislodged and shuffled off with a sneer. Clutching her husband’s arm as he rose, she told him of her dream and begged him – do not leave. And, laughing,…
C-A-G-E-D by Nancy Brewka-Clark
Mark crouched down in his usual spot behind the big rock and uncoiled the microphone cord. The battery-operated tape recorder was a big clumsy box of a thing, an ancient reel-to-reel that had belonged to his grandfather. But he could manipulate the knobs with his damaged hands. That was the…
Time After Time by Kenneth L. A. Lineberger
Clara looked around the corner when she heard the mail slot clink. She gasped when she saw the brilliant white envelope, practically glowing against the backdrop of aging wood and faded drapes. Impossible. She hurried forward and picked up the letter, hands shaking. The paper was elegant, slightly off white, thickly pressed, with gold trim…
In Spirit by Nick Perilli
Claudia sat back in the wicker chair beside her bed and spoke into the phone. She gathered in a helping of air before she did. A half-moon hung golden outside the bedroom window. “Goodnight, Claudia,” she heard from the receiver, a breath or two before. “I know these trips are…
The Tree Between Us by Grace Safford
We are asked to listen to nature’s warnings by our mothers and fathers. A bleeding sky means a miscarriage is on the horizon. Grass rotting in June warns of a liar living next door. Clear water on a river bend is a reminder that you have forgotten to look deeper.…
Oats and Dinosaurs by B.T. Lowry
Cynthia was rearranging her mom’s yesterday when someone aware came in. She recognized the boy from somewhere. He looked about seven, her age, with a bowl cut. Normal enough, and that was the strange thing; he wasn’t like everyone else in the coffee shop. They were gray and wispy and…
Doing Time, Part 2 by Craig Rodgers
4. A hum begins, white noise smoothing away the vestiges of an already waning dream. The hum becomes a grating vibration as somewhere nearby machinery shifts into active gear. Mower. Gray breathes in and rises from sleep. Noise swells and recedes but never ceases. Arms stretch and legs touch floor as he sits up amid…
EverPoppy by Frances Boyle
Maura hauled in the barge, the singing cable slick with water threatening to freeze on her hands. There should have been robotics or at least hydraulics, but this village didn’t have working winches, not even anyone, new parent or former child, willing to stand watch on a frosty morning for…
Point Blank, Part 4 by Paige Bagby
Chapter 10 When coerced into being party to, or rather the center of, a time traveling misadventure, one would imagine that the simplicities of normal life would be forgotten to the curiosity of such an adventure. However, in Candace’s case, her body remembered only that she had been at the…
Take Us On A Journey To Somewhen
