A Time After Fireflies | Ellie Cheng

"In the laogai, far far away from wherever Baba and Maa must be right now, she plays Nationalist and Communist with the other prisoner children after school, waving their red bandanas like battle standards..."

Ninety-Nine Percent Y | H. T. Brickner

"After considering the condensation pattern on her ice tea glass, the crescent of the tides, the solar flares, and eliminating a false correlation to a sudden surge in the coyote population in town, Vidi had pinpointed the root cause..."

The Full Swing Swung | Sean Hennessey

"he had begun to implement his plans of a geometric layout for his bedroom that would allow for him, no matter what his orientation on his bed, to reach out and grab, with either hand and without due straining, a jar of peanut butter..."

Metamorphoses | Sonia Trickey

"We exist in flux: we are sometimes one; we are sometimes two. We are always one; we are always two. It’s either very Zen or a dissociative identity disorder. We are not sure. Either/or..."

Bear It | Kaitlin Stone

"Bearers aren’t just for Hollywood anymore! Are you frustrated with your wife? Fighting with your best friend? Hiring a Bearer is the perfect way to let out your frustrations and practice tough conversations without hurting your loved ones..."

Best Forgotten Monsters | Alex Dannemiller

"I’d taken hole in the small ceiling corner away from the door. Kept myself wedged above the lumpy, yellow car. I became intimate with the decayed roof above me and the grain of the wood beams..."