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Patience Mackarness

The Music Tree

Published Aug 27, 2019 · 752 words (3 minutes) · 43 views

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Musician Uncle Fred has been buried in his garden, and an apple tree planted on the grave by his family. But the fruit it bears one summer is not what they expected. Originally published by Peacock Journal (strapline: 'Beauty First') in 2018.

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Laura Anne Gilman

Don't Toot Your Horn

Published Aug 11, 2019 · 3,095 words (12 minutes) · 185 views

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In a world you can only find through sleepless exhaustion, everything you ever dreamed of is yours. For a price.

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C.L. Holland

Mr Bad Man

Published Jul 17, 2019 · 3,989 words (15 minutes)

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It's Mr Bad Man's most popular download - so why don't they remember recording it?

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L.X. Beckett

Freezing Rain, a Chance of Falling

Updated May 25, 2019 · 24,735 words (90 minutes) · 3 likes · 559 views

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Near-future journalist Drow sees his future crumble before his eyes when an ill-advised story crashes his social standing all around the internet and the world. He becomes desperate — so desperate, that he might just be willing to take part in an eccentric artstorm aficionado's dangerous piece of performance art.

Enjoy our first featured novella this weekend by L.X. Beckett, a Toronto-based writer and editor whose novel Gamechanger, set in the same universe, is now available for pre-order from Tor.

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Carrie Vaughn

Just Another Word

Published Mar 25, 2019 · 1,687 words (7 minutes) · 2 likes · 422 views

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This is a story about Janis Joplin and a chance meeting in a Texas bar.

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Holly Lyn Walrath

Creating an Environment Where You Have License to Try New Things

Published Sep 7, 2018 · 682 words (3 minutes) · 1 like · 10 views

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Wendy Nikel

A Song to Charm the Beasts

Published Sep 19, 2017 · 1,093 words (4 minutes) · 9 likes · 1062 views

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In "A Song to Charm the Beasts," Ofira must play the fiddle to save the one she loves in this wild west retelling of a classic myth, full of hope and loss and howling desert wind. Wendy Nikel, short story sorcerer and tea drinker extraordinaire, recently released a time travel novella called "The Continuum," available from World Weaver Press.

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Wendy Nikel

Razbliuto in Ink

Published Sep 19, 2017 · 998 words (4 minutes) · 469 views

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An astronaut and a rock star get tattoos that measure the strength of their love for each other.