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Bullet Swallower, The

The Wages of Sin  Author: Elizabeth Gonzalez James Lamentations 5:7: Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities. The history of the Sonoro’s starts with a man who has gold in his eyes and hate in his heart. His atrocities have cleaved lands asunder, have left the innocent to die deep in the earth, have become the stuff of legends. It’s 1895, and this man’s latest descendent, Antonio, is leaving the peace of his farm to follow the family line. Antonio is a bandit, and he will rob a train to save his [...]

2024-12-24T11:10:51-07:00December 24th, 2024|Tags: , , , , |

Thistlefoot

Chicken Houses and Scattershot Plots Author: Genna Rose Nethercott Baba Yaga is a witch who lives in a house that walks on chicken legs. Her powers are both weird and wonderful, her abilities uncanny, her morality an ephemeral thing. One day she will cure you, the next she’ll strip the skin from your body to make her daughters’ slippers. Her legacy is one of magic, but it’s also one of generational trauma, of haunted memories, of death and destruction. Today, Baba Yaga has two flighty descendants. Isaac Yaga, aka Chameleon Man, was born with the power to emulate anyone, to shed [...]

2024-10-21T10:36:46-07:00October 21st, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |

Shark Heart

Would you still love me if I were a shark? Author: Emily Habeck Newlyweds Lewis and Wren dream of many things. Lewis, a failed actor and beloved teacher, still dreams that one day he will write the play to end all plays. And Wren, she dreams of never being abandoned again, of embracing someone who will stay. Both will have their hearts broken. Lewis notices the changes at first and thinks nothing of them, but eventually he puts aside his avoidance and goes to the doctor. The diagnosis is stark. His body is, indeed, changing, and there is nothing they can [...]

2024-10-15T10:24:39-07:00October 15th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , |
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