Short Fiction

From childhood I kindled three dreams: to one day become a father, a writer, and a baseball player. Two of three ain't bad. (I shall neither confirm nor deny holding out deluded hope for the third.)

Perhaps it is time to start practicing civility with our appliances, before we forget how to be civil. Oh, wait, we've already forgotten, haven't we? A companion story to "Brain Games."

And who's to know the danger there?

M. M. Elmendorf is an indie author and owner of Ford Mountain Publishing, LLC, a book production company that specializes in supporting other indie authors in their writing and publishing journey. She lives with her family on a farm in southeastern TN while also dividing her time with her second home in Taiwan.

In the past year, Michael Smith’s fiction has appeared in Fabula Argentea, Witcraft, Literally Stories, Microromance, Heimat Review, The Hooghly Review, Little Old Lady Comedy and many other online literary journals.

André M. Peñalver serves as a judge in Tacoma, Washington. His writing has appeared in America Magazine, The Lamp, and elsewhere.

Joe Couture is a writer living in rural Nova Scotia. His most recent work is featured, or forthcoming, in Floyd County Moonshine, SHINE Quarterly, Dark Winter Lit, and Black Hole News. If you want to connect with him, try here: @rjcouture.bsky.social

Kenneth M. Kapp lives with his wife in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, writing late into the night in his man-cave. He enjoys chamber music and mysteries.

Sam Hutchins grew up in London to a single, working class mother and an unknown father, something which motivates her interest in self-identity and the past. She now lives in France where she teaches English literature and creative writing at Orléans University.

Swetha Amit holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco and is an active member of the Writers Grotto, where she chairs the Literary Salon series.

Sleep as a wake-up call?

This future is much closer than it appears...

Tommy Vollman is a writer, musician, and painter. For many years, he was a baseball player. He has written a number of things, published a bunch, recorded a few records, and toured a lot.

Maybe the words "responsible ownership" really do have a place?

Bryan Costales wrote the very successful "Sendmail" (bat book) for O'Reilly Media.

In a world in which ethical treatment of human beings seems irrelevant, how will we treat AI?

His friends see Mark seems wired a little differently. It is more likely that noticing unimportant things often missed by others is a relic of a quieter, simpler time. He has a way with words, despite his less than adequate typing skill. People have delightful stories to tell if you sit and listen. He also makes delicious soups.

Kofi Akan Brown is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow and has been published in Zoetic Press, Freedom Fiction Journal, Antimatter Dreams, and more. He publishes science fiction and horror stories.

If we all could give, and we all could receive gracefully, wouldn't it be an incredible world?

Ah, such a thing to remember...

Every movement has a consequence...every word, every meeting...

A theory can seem correct -- until someone else's theory of reality stops it cold.

You think something like that can't happen? Do you want to take that chance?

Tim Hobbs is a former tenured professor and writer. His current work is speculative fiction exploring computational consciousness, ethics of human-AI relations, and moral obligations owed to minds unlike our own.

One doesn't need to be a teacher to help others learn how to be human...

Abe Margel worked in rehabilitation and mental health for thirty years. He is the father of two adult children and lives in Thornhill, Ontario with his wife.

Yet another reason not to carry a phone around all the time...

A sign saying "Danger" might actually mean what it says...

Lamentation born of suffering...

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