I was going back again, but this time would be the last. I don’t know how many times I’ve gone back, only ever really managing to remember the last two. Time plays tricks on the mind. I laughed at the irony. Explosions from outside the complex shook the room. I switched on the machine and … Continue reading ‘The End of the Cycle’ by Thomas George
Before putting the X-ray on the market for copious amounts of money, Xavier could not wait to try it out on himself. What secrets or inspirations lurked below the surface? He imagined that his soul was a stately jazz musician. Or, he thought, his soul could be that of a Labrador Retriever – smart, steady, … Continue reading ‘Xavier’s X-ray’ by Kristan Ginther
Madmen know. They shout it in the streets and in the fields but go unnoticed. Those dying know. They whisper it with their last breath but no one understands. The dead know. They touch the living in warning, passing silently over what were once their homes, yet go unheeded. And I know, though I no … Continue reading ‘A Child’s Voice’ by Darren Joy
Illustration (c) Romeo Esparrago Our long hard trip has left us worn but wise We learn that matters that look large close by Can fade to naught when one sees from afar From Earth, the dying sun filled half the sky Fourteen light years away scarce does its shine Stand out from that of any … Continue reading ‘Big Picture’ by Lawrence Barker
I had returned. to find Viet Nam. To find my past. To find my lover. To find my Linh. I returned. So in the crags deep and distant from Tu Le, I searched. I search for my youth, I search for my answers, I search for Linh. I searched. I found only a temple. With … Continue reading ‘ANNAM’ by Romeo Esparrago
Portentia Clarke looked out the window and watched the cameraman struggle to get his legs into the contamination suit; he was a heavier man, and the producer and tech crew were helping out. It was five in the morning, and they weren't scheduled to begin until after nine. Four hours of preparation, all for their … Continue reading ‘Three Tears’ by Shaun Haiste
The owner of Ozymandias has just gone over the edge of the horizon, and we love it. With OzymExo, he’s taken his well-established outlandish obscurantism and gotten rid of the landish. OE’s virgin catalog is pure weird candy for the unhinged and the mutated. I promise you -- heavy rotation at Bebe Monster and Monkey … Continue reading ‘Into Exo: A Review of Oz’s New Sub-label’ by Brandon Myers
Illustration: “The Flaming Phoenix Storm” © 2007 by Junior McLean The first days were always the hardest. It had been six months since I stopped counting the days and the nights. But somehow, somehow -- I knew this was the first day. Maybe it was the black fog overhead, or the constant beat of war … Continue reading “War” by David Kerschner
Illustration: “Entropy” © 2007 by Carl Goodman I remember dying, but my earlier memories are beginning to go. Being a particle physicist gives one a unique perspective on death, particularly while participating in the greatest experiment ever. My initial thesis was to attribute my memory loss to the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Our universe resists … Continue reading “Entropy” by David Such
Illustration: “Eliminate” © 2007 by Romeo Esparrago “I want everyone on that planet eliminated, Shadrach,” proclaimed Braux, the leader of the Kestel delegation. I nodded once, and with a wave of his hand he dismissed me. The species would not die as mine had. There would be a few left to start over. I always … Continue reading “The Eliminator” by Frederick G. Soper
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