“Last Waltz on Titan” by Michael S. Diamond
The hexagonal plate, the needle and the rosette. Shades of yellow varying from near colorless to a turbid brown. They might be beautiful if they weren’t so damn painful when they struck.
Tag: futuristic
“The Mind Bar” by Tasha Cotter
At the Mind Bar, they each took a chair with a Mind Specialist, overhead lights beating down on each of them at their individual station.
“Stinkbug Apocalypse” by Jean Wolfersteig
Rosalie took one look at the tarot cards this morning and gazed up at me. “Molly,” she said, “I need to get away from you.” Then she bolted down Psychic Alley.
“Bones” by Elliot Harper
That gesture, that tightening of the hand, such a simple thing, simple but it reassures me.
“The Only Living Teacher in New York” by Mckenzie Cassidy
Retirement day. Those words had resonated over my career, if you could even call it that . . .
“Homecoming” by Jessica Hertz
The soil smells sweet—rich and earthy with a faint whiff of sulfur from a geyser somewhere in the vicinity.
“Walls” by Rhian Waller
The walls divide more than inside and out: they run a sharp line between needs and wants.
“Like Cattle” by Ashley Sgro
“Can you use me?” My hands keep shaking.