Some giggles... 

 Holiday Station

Judith Tarr

If the Stationmaster hadn't got pregnant when he did...

ET Spam

Chris Dolley

Ever wondered what might happen if you replied to one of those Nigerian 419 emails? This is the SF version.  

Six Weeks, No Exit

Madeleine E. Robins

An alternate history tale of the Clarion SF Workshop...

Changing Meanings

Seanan McGuire

Vampire. Noun. A reanimated corpse believed to rise from the grave at night to drink the blood of sleeping people.

Mayra is a vampire. Her roommate is a lingomancer—a word-witch who can change the world with words. She sure changes Mayra’s world...

Dezyrah's Talk Dirty To Me

Jennifer Stevenson

The challenge was to write a sexy story in ten pages or less. I blew it. But I had great fun trying. Hello, it’s X rated, so you’d better be over 18 to read it!

Smile, Baby

Nancy Jane Moore

Everyone seems to have an opinion about the proper facial expression for everyone else.

The Devil His Due

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

“It is incumbent upon every man of insight and understanding to strive to translate that which hath been written into reality and action..” — Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 250

Bert Wells is a writer with a mission and a message... until he meets a mysterious stranger with a seemingly simple request...

“The Devil His Due” was originally published in Amazing Stories. It is reprinted in I Loved thy Creation, a collection of my short fiction. (You’ll see how the above quote applies when you read the story.)

The Hero Unmasked

Nancy Jane Moore

Maybe we ask too much of our superheroes.

42 Bus

Nancy Jane Moore

When I lived inWashington, D.C., I knew a man in Adams Morgan who never went anywhere unless he could get there on the 42 bus — or so all his friends said.

If Wishes Were Horses

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

A peculiar little romance by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

This story was first published in Lover's Knot.

It is the first piece of a triptych entitled “Silver Lining.”

Dragon Treasure

Irene Radford

Long ago I gave up trying to keep my personal library (and my house) in order. I’m lucky to get books shoved onto shelves of a similar topic. I think all of us wish we had our own personal librarian and a housekeeping pixie...

Of Rats and Cats and Teenagers

Irene Radford

This silly little tale started as a writing exercise and grew from there. It draws on my experiences as a mother, a pet owner, and... well... being the Den Mother of the Universe. 

It’s a Con World Afterall

Irene Radford

Excerpts from the Discussion of the Controlled Vibration Theory of Communication among the Unkin

Sarah Zettel

This has always been one of my favorite stories, but then, I love a good argument...

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A Night in the Country

A Stan and Gus story

Jessica Freely

The secluded old farm house gives Gus the creeps, but Billy Pips insists that it’s a hot new rave spot. Stan thinks Gus is being a wuss, but when he finds out what Pips is really up to, he wishes he’d listened to Gus in the first place.

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Catering

A Stan and Gus story

Jessica Freely

Stan and Gus really need this job, but will Stan’s big mouth get them into trouble, or will it open up a whole new opportunity for career advancement?

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Grow Your Own

Brenda Clough

A TextonPhone title.

Still Life with Boobs

Anne Harris

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