Fantasy

Brinn stood on a shadowed street. Afternoon sunlight painted the rooftops of the heavily fortified, mostly-empty business district a smoggy orange. The area around the gaudy well-lit, yellow food van…

“The jack-o-lanterns haven’t spread up as far as Lakemoore, not yet at least. And the way was clear through Dreary Drive, thank the All Father.” The mail courier leans on…

“Run along,” Mother said. “And don’t get into any trouble.” All four did. But this is the tale of Peter Magus.­ Mother rabbit was talking to her children: Poisonmaker, Stickpin,…

Wake The best way to recruit a time traveler is in the zygote. Those recruited later in life will require prosthetics to reach the slipstream. Last night, my father came…

On the sixth glad day they longed for the beggar who had no hands. No sooner had they expressed their wish than he appeared, saying “Here I am!” just as…

There is a train terminal beneath the vast halls and escalator-riddled chambers of the grand hotel. He runs down one last flight of marble steps and hurries onto a train.…

The God of the Sea keeps our stories. When their time comes, he helps us find our way through them, even if we don’t want to remember. Stories are like…

The room in which I found myself was suffocated in decay. Its corners were blurred with concretions of dust and broken shards, or filthy black cobwebs saturated with

As their hearts began to break with longing, a voice called out, Here I am. I’ve brought you as your wedding present the blessing that I promised you, that you…

Visitors are naturally curious about Sam Stemrunners. They’re cheerful, helpful, melodic, and easy to find. They are typically heard first from afar, whistling or singing one of their many vocational…