New Poetry by David Barrick, Magpie Award First Runner-up!
Falling, Floating David Barrick‘s hypnotic ‘Recurrent Dream #79’ won first runner-up in our 2021 Magpie Award for Poetry, and appears in Issue 32, Autumn 2021. […]
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TBT! Brenda Carre’s ‘Gret’: A Wonderful Witch You Cannot Miss!
No Brag, Just Fact In ‘Gret’ by Brenda Carre, a young vagabond risks her soul against magical forces to save a world that’s been anything […]
New Poetry by Frances Boyle, Winner of the 2021 Magpie Award!
Fearsome Together Frances Boyle‘s Magpie-winning poem, ‘Another True Account of the Nature of Grit and How It May Be Ascertained’, wowed our final judge, Renée […]
Throwback Thursday! ‘The Seven Swans: The Sword and Pikestaff Mystery’ by Mel Anastasiou
Broke and Broken-Hearted In ‘The Seven Swans: The Sword and Pikestaff Mystery’ by Mel Anastasiou, sixty-year-old Spencer Stevens believes he’s washed up and forgotten by […]
‘My Name Is Philomena’ by Robin Malcolm
A Good Name Is to Be Chosen In ‘My Name Is Philomena’ by Robin Malcolm, a girl and her dog navigate their vagabond life in […]
‘Attempted Murder’ by Leslie Wibberley
Fallout Shelter In ‘Attempted Murder’ by Leslie Wibberley, a mother does whatever it takes to protect her daughter from the many dangers that surround them […]
‘Cold Blessing’ by Kelsey Hutton
Careful What You Wish For In ‘Cold Blessing’ by Kelsey Hutton, a man seeks a better life for his daughter. And he quickly learns that […]
Throwback Thursday: ‘Wings of Nemesis’ by Oscar Windsor-Smith
Invaders This week, we’re throwing it back to 2015 with ‘Wings of Nemesis’ by Oscar Windsor-Smith. In this near-future speculative fiction piece, the lazy drone […]
‘The Canadian Invasion’ by David Perlmutter
Keep an Eye Out for Those Semaphores, Eh? Go backstage with David Perlmutter, in ‘Canadian Invasion’, and see how it all began for the legendary […]
Throwback Thursday: ‘Wager’ by Bob Thurber — And a Contest Announcement!
All Bets Are Off It’s all grit and no grace in this week’s throwback, ‘Wager’ by Bob Thurber. Enjoy the excerpt from Issue 3, Summer […]