Jun

30

private Wonderland

June 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-short fiction, collaboration-]
by Indie
Sara: How did you get here?
Boy: I followed you.
Sara: Impossible.
Boy: I only had to close my eyes the moment you vanished.
Silence for a moment. Sara in her private Wonderland was right to be astonished. “By Invitation Only” was the law of her fantasy realm, yet here was the boy, and somehow he […]

Apr

12

reNEWals

April 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-commentary, writing, process-]
by Nancy S.M. Waldman

When I was a
child, going to the library was about third on the ‘as good as it gets’ list for an activity that had the chance of coming along often. Only swimming and playing outside after dark could beat the joy of coming home with an armload of new books.
Libraries […]

Apr

10

The Dread

April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-short fiction-]
by Alexandra Stobrawa

flikr - © 05 - 07

He’d planned everything with the utmost care, bought the ticket, checked the schedule, prepared a printout with the travel instructions, telling him at which station he’d have to transfer from the street car to the subway. At breakfast he’d drank herbal tea instead of coffee, left […]

Apr

3

The Great War of 2015

April 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-short short fiction-]
by Indie

The Great War of 2015 left little behind in its wake. No books, no flags, no photographs. Of course there were human survivors - there always are - because even the most thorough of annihilatory practices leaves unexpected havens somewhere, just as a tornado passing through a street levels one house and […]

Apr

3

The Vicious Pirates

April 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-short short fiction-]
by Indie

© 2004 - 2007 inde all rights reserved
The vicious pirates Peg Head Jones and his offspring Baby Face Barnacle were terrors from Costa Rica to the Caribbee and as far north as Cincinnati. In ‘98 they jumped the early-morning line at an inland Toys R’ Us, making off with a swag of […]

Mar

25

“I have wheels”

March 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-crackles!-]
a collaboration by Nancy Chan & David Taylor
[a Chan picture from China with Taylor words from London]

Mar

23

Hacker Baby

March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-short short fiction-]
by Indie

Hacker baby was having fun. All he did was press a few buttons and

Mar

22

Accidents Happen

March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-fiction-]
by Sherry D. Ramsey
Space is dangerous. Accidents happen.
Ektober and I stare at each other through the airlock chamber window. His grey eyes are stony and riveted on mine, blue and equally unyielding. We both appreciate that beyond the airlock death is waiting, cold and dark and lonely.
“What are you going to do?”
“I’m […]

Mar

16

The Dowsing

March 16, 2007 | 1 Comment

[-short fiction-]
The Dowsing
by Julie A. Serroul
Mindy blinked tears from her wincing eyes.
She trudged behind Tony, trying to focus on his boots instead of the snow which glinted the bright sunlight back at her in a thousand blinding crystals. The snow wouldn’t last long in this sun anyway, it was March and there were patches of […]