Fiction
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You Think That’s Bad
In the desert of Turkmenistan, the temperature inside the Derweze Crater can reach more than 1,800° Fahrenheit. Locals dub the fire pit the Door to Hell. But maybe they’re missing something important, Aries. Maybe everyone is—fire is not only a…
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Amelia
No era apenas que ella estuviese perdiendo de vista a las personas y las cosas. Más bien parecía como si todo se estuviera disolviendo. Incluso las memorias estaban perdiendo sus contornos. La playa, la muchedumbre sobre la arena, sus primas…
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Small Wonder
“What’s got you obsessed with this? Late night redditing?” “No,” Kathy said. “I think I dreamt about it. About being her. The girl robot. You know how dreams are; it’s all a jumble and you forget as soon as you…
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Wolf Spiders
At the end of the week my grandma came and got me. I wasn’t really close to my grandma, because she lived two states away in Arizona, but Arizona was two states away from my dad, so when she asked…
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Two Pink Lines
Jade and Lucas were fraternal twins. That their hypothetical respective children be born in tight proximity was important, imperative, lightly exacted. Our babies will be just like twins. They’ll be the best cousins. The best friends. Jade’s tender want. Friendly…
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Sorry For My Loss
Her dad wasn’t even some eccentric billionaire with an army of lawyers—half the money she would’ve inherited was frittered away on obscure cryptocurrencies and perplexing amounts of wild-caught salmon. But it is still a sizable sum of money, so here…
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Dear Employee 24601
It’s easy to be the protester. Something is always wrong. Imagine how hard it is to be the protested? Have you considered how much work goes into designing and maintaining a system of control that allows everyone, if they have…
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Penny’s Head
“Decomposing,” they said, slowly, trying it out under their breath. The word felt different than the ones before—which could be a byproduct of having only half a mouth now. Or, maybe, it was finally the right one. Their heart raced…
