As soon as Carna steps into the lift for a date with that cute girl from the dispatch division, her pager notifies her of a job on the other end of the galaxy. The pay would cover her rent, but should...

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A fun take on the theme that everyone has a story, but a little heavy-handed in that Bloom has taken the idea as literally as possible.

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Meditation is difficult when I’m distracted. But my teacher eventually got it through my head that mindfulness isn’t mindlessness, achieving perfect, blank emptiness; it’s about being aware. Sometimes...

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A pro-paying magazine of speculative flash fiction.

Samantha poured tea into a cup for Snuggles, and then one for each of her “guests.” That included me. Water rushed out of the pot and spilled onto the plastic table. The sound of her pouring burrowed...

Sometimes, you don’t notice when a ghost moves in. It gets hard to keep track of two homes: the one you are, and the one you live in. You’re moving into your first home when it happens, and the ghost ...