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A Pretty Parcel for a Pretty Price - A Short Story by AR Frederiksen

"A Pretty Parcel for a Pretty Price"

A.R. Frederiksen
The parcel is wrapped like a gift, but I know better. It sits on my doorstep, with my name on it, and I want to kick it. A parcel means only one thing these days…
The Chair in the Basement - A Short Story by Kathleen Palm

"The Chair in the Basement"

Kathleen Palm
I’m going back. The car bounces and skids on the long, forgotten road. The dim light from the radio creeps over the worn gray seats of my worn gray car. Static crackles and spits from the speakers, the noise mimicking the constant din in my head, like a station in my mind that keeps searching for what’s missing. But I know what’s missing…
Retirement Party - A Short Story by Lyndsey Croal

"Retirement Party"

Lyndsey Croal
At seventy-seven, Hank Arthurs was Rivers Corp’s oldest retiree, a feat for any employee, never mind a manual labourer. To mark his years of service, the company threw a retirement party. There was cake, fizz, and a card signed by his colleagues—human and automated alike…

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Latest NonFiction

Your Author's Favorite Author: Nat Cassidy on William Shakespeare

Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author: Nat Cassidy on William Shakespeare

Patrick Barb
Well, someone had to do it eventually. Some author featured in this column Your Favorite Author’s Favorite Author had to go and pick one of the biggest (if not THE biggest names in literature) as the author they wanted to chat with me about at length. But who would be mad enough to do such a thing?
Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author: L. Marie Wood on Ira Levin

Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author: L. Marie Wood on Ira Levin

Patrick Barb
L. Marie Wood is a Golden Stake Award- and two-time Bookfest Award-winning, Ignyte Award and two-time Bram Stoker Award® nominated author.  She is also a MICO Award-winning screenwriter, a Rhysling nominated poet, and accomplished essayist. She is also the Vice President of the Horror Writers Association, founder of the Speculative Fiction Academy, an English/Creative Writing professor, and a horror scholar…
Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author: Stephen Graham Jones on Philip K. Dick

Your Favorite Author's Favorite Author: Stephen Graham Jones on Philip K. Dick

Patrick Barb
This month, it was my absolute pleasure to speak with author Stephen Graham Jones. He’s the New York Times bestselling author of some thirty novels and collections…

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