I got two acceptances this week. My story "Larva Mother" will be appearing in the January issue of Bards and Sages Quarterly, and my story "Three Grams" will be appearing in Dark Recesses. In other exciting news, my husband, Paul, sold an article to Pyramid Magazine. It’s been […]
Monthly Archives: August 2010
The beat pulsed through Joy’s soul, vibrated her atoms. She lost herself in the music, and she didn’t find herself when the song ended. The cat raced around the room, chasing things humans couldn’t see. He captured his prey and laid it at their feet. They weren’t impressed. The […]
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Jim whistled as he walked to work. It was a beautiful Sunday morning, and it was his birthday. He’d been on the station for almost a year. He was going to work a short shift, and then Ronnie, her parents, and his mom were going to throw him a surprise […]
Martian Adventures: Jim’s Birthday
The antique store smelled like old leather and furniture polish. Dahlia wandered between the chairs and desks to the back wall, where knickknacks rested on dusty shelves. She picked up a duck carved out of dark blue stone. The duck was cool and heavy, and it made her fingers tingle. […]
Magical Duck
The Apollo slipped into the room through the cracks in the blinds. He traced his daughter’s cheek. The machines beeped. He felt powerless. The boat followed dolphins to an island where a silver ship was crashed into a palm tree. The alien stood and extended its hand. The […]
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Ronnie curled up in the hideout and pulled out one of the chocolate bars that Jim’s grandma had sent with him. They didn’t get much chocolate on Mars, and Ronnie usually savored it. She devoured the bar in four bites. Her mom was driving her crazy. She thought that she […]
Martian Adventures: Moms
The woodsman stared at the red velvet heart that rested in his tin palm. He hadn’t thought of himself as Nick Chopper for a long time. He wondered if he really wanted that name back–if he even wanted the life he’d been working to win back for so long. But […]