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Eyes Are the Best Part

"Poison is everywhere, even in the places where you least expect it."  Author: Monika Kim In traditional Korean cooking, fish’s eyes are considered the most delicious and the most auspicious part of the dish. Sisters Ji-won and Ji-hyun consider this tradition stomach churning, making fun of their Umma for indulging. But they also want to be considered grown-ups. Ji-hyun can’t do it, but Ji-won is made of stronger stuff. She spears the salty eyeball, makes a wish, and lets the gelatinous mess slide down her throat. It’s a taste and a sensation she never forgets. It’s a right of passage, from [...]

2025-03-08T20:50:31-07:00March 8th, 2025|Tags: , , , , |

Scourge Between the Stars, The

Alien Retold Author: Ness Brown There is a ship, suspended in the glittering, perfect stillness of cold space. The captain is incommunicado, locked away in his chambers. The food stores are running low. The colony aboard the ship is returning from their planet, having failed to thrive. They are just hoping that Earth is still there, still a place welcoming return. It’s a desperate effort, and everything is going wrong. Acting Captain Jacklyn Albright, the daughter of the current captain, is trying her best to make sense of the situation. Meanwhile, her creepy technician’s overly sexualized female android, complete with lifelike [...]

2025-03-04T20:23:27-07:00March 4th, 2025|Tags: , , , , |

Day of the Door, The

Murder Behind Closed Doors Author: Laurel Hightower The Lasco siblings were torn apart by their mother, Stella, and her evil, her abuse, and the day when she took their 17-year-old brother behind a door and beat him to death with a baseball bat. After that, the authorities came, separated them, took her away, and yet, somehow, never quite found her guilty. Self-defense, she claimed. Shawn was suicidal, a creature driven by rage. A troubled teen. He was the violent one. Twenty years later though, as the remaining siblings have come together, each left with nightmares and troubles, Stella says that now [...]

2025-02-18T18:10:27-07:00February 18th, 2025|Tags: , , , , |
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