NICK YOUNG: Impermanence | 50-Word Stories
From early light, when the sun’s first rays caught the jewelled dew on each gossamer thread, she spun. But come …
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S GOVINDARAJ: Adieu Earth | 50-Word Stories
AI notification, March 15, 2060: Interplanetary Council proposes to auction planet Earth, having depleted natural resources, permanent water shortage, irreversibly …
In Defense of Crime Fiction (by Dominique Biebau)
This week Thrillerfest is being held in New York City. The event includes master classes, seminars on the craft of …
CHRISTOPHER FRUGE: Despite All Efforts
“What happened to the seedlings, Daddy?” “They didn’t work out.” A tear ran down Dan’s face. “Sometimes that happens.” “Can …
BRYANT PHILLIPS: Watcher | 50-Word Stories
A look of death. Soulless eyes watching me through my window. Voyeurism? No, just a lawn nazi. What did I …
STEVEN HOLDING: Somnambulist | 50-Word Stories
Some BS name. Sleepwalker’s easier. I’d stir. He’d have disappeared, down to the backdoor, eyes closed, trying to get out. …
KARLIE TAYLOR: Ability of the Flesh
The rugged stone face sneers overhead, eyes fixed on a distant point, perhaps a different time. Covered in cracks, its …
CHELSEA ALLEN: The Librarian and the Time Machine
She dozes at her desk as they hustle about, with handfuls of calculations and headfuls of complications, in the secrecy …
LINDA BRISKIN: The Ws | 50-Word Stories
Whispering is the wind in the treetops, the murmuring of discarded clothes in the attic, the sharing of sisterly secrets …
On “A History of Christianity in Asia, volume 1” by Samuel Hugh Moffett ****
If you want a book about world history from about 0 to 1500, as processed through the lens of the …