Join us as we peek behind the scenes of our upcoming anthology, ON TIME. Learn more about Megan Branning in her featured interview. ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? Sometimes an odd idea will come to me, and I like to see where it takes me. This story began when I wondered what would…
Tag: Mythology
The Flip of a Coin by KA Masters
Enjoy an exclusive guest post from KA Masters, author of “Per Aquas As Astra,” featured in our upcoming anthology ON TIME. Aelius’ eyes fixed on the silver medallion that sparkled in his palm. Letting it drop through his fingers, he watched it dangle in the waning sunlight and marveled at the artist’s craftmanship. Two portraits…
Throwback Thursday | A DISTORTED Excerpt: “Maiden of the Underworld” by Alisha Costanzo
Atlantis 8021 BC Shock fell over Phea, and her heart beat against her rib cage once more. Every grain in her body buzzed sluggishly. Her grandmother no longer sat with her, although she couldn’t be sure when Gaia had left. She might have been on that cave floor, curled up on her self and screaming…
Throwback Thursday | A DISTORTED Excerpt: “To Sing Which Tune” by Heidi C. Vlach
They would never hurt anyone, the stories said. Sirens ate only fish and spoke only music, and they rescued lost sailors and drowning people, and they taught ducklings to swim. The sirens, the graceful bird-folk, were friends to everyone who respected their waters. Helen knew all of that to be true—not the more excessively romanticized…
Throwback Thursday | An ON FIRE Excerpt: “Chrysopoeia” by Megan Dorei
At 9:09 a.m., the lab exploded. Ayden had been monitored so closely for so long that she kept track of the clock. She allowed herself one final glimpse of it before she destroyed everything. For nostalgia’s sake. The morning was mild aside from the blazing rubble, the sky silk and lavender, the sun a vague…
Throwback Thursday | A DISTORTED Excerpt: “Bullman” by Anthony S. Buoni
Smiling, she lowered the phone. He started telling her about his last game winning home run when her expression faded. She sighed. Theo tensed. He didn’t want to blow his shot. “What’s wrong?” he asked, trying to keep his voice from wavering. She motioned with her eyes. “Your loser friends are gracing us with their…
Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Beached” by M . Howard
Sal woke up to the raucous “hellos” of his pet raven, Ruben, which meant that the tide was out and that it was time to make the rounds. It was a bit cool, but not cool enough to induce him to put on anything over the singlet and boxer shorts he’d worn to bed. He…
Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Baiting the Hook” by R. Judas Brown
When the catch dries up, you move upstream, inland through the rivers and creeks, until you find fresher waters. Teddy guided his flat-bottomed boat through the shallow channel, checking his juglines and limblines. A couple sets of tags under his and family members’ names let him run as many lines as he wanted. State limits…
Throwback Thursday | An UNDERWATER Excerpt: “Fossegrimmen” by Megan McFerren
Kjell knows better than to go near the falls. So do the sheep, for that matter. This doesn’t stop them, of course, not when the sweetest grasses grow so close to the water—a tasty temptation even in a wide field free for the eating, bordered only distantly by trees and Kjell’s little wooden home. His…
Throwback Thursday | A DISTORTED Excerpt: “Where the Arrows Files” by Patricia J. Esposito
In the elementary school courtyard, the flag fluttered and snapped before the blue sky. Claire waited on the bench outside for the bell to ring. Twenty minutes. But the wind made the fifty-degree day feel colder. So much for fresh air; it wasn’t relieving the rush of blood inflaming her pelvis, making her feel like…
An IN THE AIR Excerpt: “Silap Inua” by Joanna Koch
The palace of the Frost King was as silent as snow. A library towered through the core of the mountain to its tallest peak. Not books or words or pages, but amorphous crystalline shapes in a calligraphic dance spoke from the volumes extending on shelves up through the sky and out to the stars. Movement…
Our TRANSCENDENT Authors: a Featured Interview with Brett Petersen
In our new author series, we’ll be offering a clairvoyant peek behind the veil of who and what makes up TRANSCENDENT. Here’s a glimpse at Brett Petersen and his story “Frogbaby.” ABOUT THE STORY What inspired your story? Among the things one should never Google is the term ‘frog baby.’ This will link you…
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