this is the first chapter of Arlo Z Graves’ novel Black Rose, reviewed in this issue. Two types of men wear spurs. One for broncos or to keep a green…
Alternate History
Albatros
Esther knew that she should be preparing for a blackout. She should be checking her care gear and the deadbolts. She should place the gun where she could reach it,…
Priest-Dirt and the Water of Life
1. I am not a conjureman, calling the dead back to the land of the living. Nonetheless, I am here, finally, to perform the graveside rite so that I can…
Who Put the Coke in Coca-Cola?
Coke is it: the best-known commercial product in human history. Uh huh! It’s the real thing. And – for the first 15 years of its life – it contained the…
Number One With a Bullet
Introduction In The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, William Blake declares that “as the sayings used in a nation mark its character, so the Proverbs of Hell show the nature…