The Mainstreamer, Part 1
I. “You should integrate into mainstream British society ASAP!” My mum is far back in China, but at the moment, she’s on a video call with me. “This…
The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 1: The First Victim
I paced restlessly around my apartment, not able to eat dinner or relax with a good DVD. My mind was racing, as well as my pumping heart. It was 7…
Demons in the Loo
Debbie and Chad have a very typical marriage. Debbie has no desire to watch men in tight pants injure each other’s brains, and Chad was not keen on…
Lawyered!
Marcus Fennic had represented a lot of people during his time as a lawyer, and some of them had been pretty sleazy. There had been a burly Texan man…
The Ankle-Snatcher in the Blackout
When I was a kid, I was scared of that thing under the bed; I imagined it being slimy, the arm of the Swamp Thing, with huge claws. That was a long…
Three Feet Deeper
The sun shined over the town of Mallow, cursing it with summer. It shined on the town’s old graveyard, turning the grass as brown as the stone of the…
Scroll of the Turul
I. Down by the blue Danube, a hooded man in a long black cape ran to get away from the biting winter winds. This was the worst winter in Etelköz in…
The Last Time
There is always a last time. The last time to hold a child, the last time to tuck a child in at night…the last time. When Steve fled with his…
The Radical Ricky Rodriguez
Man was meant to soar. Whether going down the highway at 100 MPH on a hog or flying through the sky in an F15, man was meant to soar. So I ran. Up in…
City of Dis
Agent Tim opened his eyes. Face down, looking at the leaf-littered forest floor. He rose on his hands. Agent Tim was alone. Just him in his suit and…
