There was no point in thawing bagels when the twenty-foot-long alligator you were babysitting preferred them frozen. “Make sure Wallace eats one before the moon is out,” Frank had said before leaving for work...
Suzie Anne
There was no point in thawing bagels when the twenty-foot-long alligator you were babysitting preferred them frozen. “Make sure Wallace eats one before the moon is out,” Frank had said before leaving for work...
No one sees the feeders at first. They gather where something has just ended: a breakup outside a subway, a man staring too long at a message that begins with we regret to inform you. The air bends, and...
You think you know all the weird creatures in the world—tiny dragons, cats with pine needles for fur—and then you try to enter your dorm room. “Don’t go in there, Drew.” My roommate, Matt, blocks the door with...
The torture had stopped being pain three days ago. After a while, sensation was only data. Now it was just weather. I slumped against the far wall of my cell, metal biting into my wrists. The shackles were...
There was no escape from Interhaven’s warship blockade. For forty-eight hours, we had pored over the map, looking for any possible escape route, and still we found nothing. “We can’t leave with all our cargo...
