Recent Fiction

Tornado's Siren

by Brooke Bolander

20 February 2012

For a moment everything stops. The tornado's voice grows still. All the little chunks of trash hang frozen in the air, like someone's just hit the pause button. Rhea can see flowering shrubs and someone's shoe, a lawn gnome and two china cups. Then, just as suddenly, it all comes tumbling down.

Aftermath (Part 2 of 2)

by Joy Kennedy-O'Neill

13 February 2012

They came at all hours of the day and night. They scraped along the side of the house, moaned at the doors, ran their fingernails over the boards.

Aftermath (Part 1 of 2)

by Joy Kennedy-O'Neill

6 February 2012

Things seem almost back to normal--there is no smoke on the horizon, the barricades have been removed, and grass and bluebonnets grow on the side of the road. There are birds singing, red-tailed hawks catching the thermals, and the buzzards are only devouring roadkill. It's just a possum. Everything is fine.

The Chastisement of Your Peace

by Tracy Canfield

30 January 2012

"Midnight Cruiser abducted the president of the American Psychological Association and fed him to her pet hyena," said Jenny. "Oh my God, she is awesome."

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