Pigg Whistle, by Robert Thorn

Painting of a chubby, curly-haired boy in a blue T-shirt and brown shorts standing in a messy room among toys, with a computer behind him

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 21 (March 1999). Illustration: “Pigg” by Breck Outland "Look mom, a bus!" Pigg Whistle huffed excitedly as he pivoted his new degenerator toward the silver contraption passing in the street below his window. "Don't you hurt nobody!" hollered a voice from the stairwell. "But look at that dumb thing. … Continue reading Pigg Whistle, by Robert Thorn →

The 7th Night, by Robert Thorn

Scratchy pen-and-ink drawing in purple and black of a cluster of round-headed creatures with glowing orange eyes looming over a figure in a blood-orange robe

Originally published in Planet Magazine No. 20 (December 1998). Illustration by GAK (Editor's note to readers: This story contains graphic scenes that some readers might find disturbing. You have been warned.) It was the seventh night that I realized it would be pointless to continue any type of resistance. It was all too clear that … Continue reading The 7th Night, by Robert Thorn →