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The Nature of Things 

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

Illustration by Emily Tolson

Ever wonder where those missing socks go? Why your car keys are never where you left them? Why your wallet is in the freezer? Read this story. All will become clear.

A Cruel and Unusual Punishment 

Is there a fate worse than death? If so, it may not be what you imagine.

This speculative tale, which chronicles the punishment of a fictional IRA terrorist, is arranged in fourteen parts—one for each of the Stations of the Cross. (These represent the successive stages in the progress of Jesus Christ on His path to sacrifice.) The story was originally printed in Interzone, a British science fiction and fantasy magazine and later anthologized in Infinite Space, Infinite God from Twilight Times Books (edited by Karina Fabian). I've divided it into two parts—Stations 1-6 and Stations 7-14. 

Iridescence

Jay Caselberg

Justin and Jenessa lived together in the city in the sky.  What they couldn't understand was what drove anyone to take the Long Walk.

 Measureless to Man

Judith Tarr

Blame this on Harry Turtledove. Write an alternate-history story, he said. He tossed off a topic: "Genghis Khan the Jewish Mongol." Done!

Queen of Asia

Judith Tarr

To protect her country, a queen will do whatever she must.

Falcon Law

Judith Tarr

A tale of the Falconers, set in Andre Norton's Witch World

Penthesilea

Judith Tarr

The Queen of the Amazons, it is said, came once to the great Alexander... 

 Roncesvalles

Judith Tarr

In a past that might have been, a great king faces a choice that will change the world.

an alternate history by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

Dissatisfied with the way that whole "Columbus-discovers-America" thing turned out, I decided to rewrite history a bit, using much fact (Columbus' logs and accounts of the fall of Hang Zhou), a touch of artistic license and a lot of good old-fashioned "what-if-ing".   

The story was published in Paradox magazine and was a finalist for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. 

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By Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

Might principles that help solve individuals' problems also work for social problems? 

HAND-ME-DOWN TOWN was originally published in Analog Science Fiction Magazine in 1989 with illustration by Janet Aulisio, and was my first published work of fiction. I wrote it in reaction to the criminalization of homelessness by a California town trying to protect its tourist industry. The name of the town in this novella is fictionalized.

It is reprinted in I LOVED THY CREATION, a collection of my short fiction from Juxta Publishing.

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by Amy Sterling Casil

“The Renascence of Memory” is a longer story that was first published in my first collection of short fiction and poetry, Without Absolution, in 2001. Jim Blaylock, the wonderful writer who was my adviser at Chapman University from 1996-1999, thought it was some of my best writing. Due to the story’s length and possibly its subject matter, it wasn’t the highest-flying seller in the world. It has also appeared in the online magazine Coyote Wild.

Carol Meyers, a former academic, suffers from Alzheimers. Thanks to a new nanotechnology treatment, Carol has now awakened from her long sleep in childish Alzheimer dreams. She has a new friend, Ned, who is in her head — a nanofriend. But becoming young again in both mind and body,with the memories of a lifetime may be more painful than anything she ever imagined.

a fairy tale ... of sorts ... by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

This British Science Fiction Award finalist was originally published in INTERZONE magazine and is part of I LOVED THY CREATION, a collection of my short fiction from Juxta Publishing. This is a story that explores the nature of love, beauty, truth and magic.

 

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by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

There are many kinds of blindness. Some are more frightening than others.

This story was published originally in INTERZONE, the UK's premier speculative fiction magazine. It's also in the horror category but, well, sometimes the monsters live within...

 by Amy Sterling Casil 

24-year-old Melodie is confined to a wheelchair with cerebral palsy, a heart defect, and a retinal disease that took her sight six years ago. Amid the dreary routine at the Mary-Le-Bow Center, Melodie eagerly anticipates the bi-monthly visit from her friend John, a famous musician unaware of Melodie's hidden romantic feelings for him. When a team of American scientists offer Melodie a chance at a new life by transplanting her brain into a spaceship, she knows it's time to find out the truth about John, and the truth about herself.

"To Kiss the Star" was nominated for a Nebula Award from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America in 2002.