Orlando Chavez's Portrait of a Hollow Man follows a man who ends up trapped in the same routines, glued to technology, and mentally checked out from the world around him. He wakes up early, goes through his phone, eats breakfast, takes care of his aging...

Miracles of the Season by Susan Jean Ricci begins in NYC, where Chloe Twiggins reminisces about the life she used to have before meeting and marrying her husband. She’s late meeting him and their daughter, Lala, at the Rockefeller Center. One of his trees has...

In 14 Hours of Saturn by Mike J. Kizman, Saturn Syres arrives in Oakfield at twenty-four to begin work at All Ways Advertising, determined to move beyond the voice roles that defined her early career and claim a place shaping campaigns of her own. Living...

In Borderline Human: Persona by Oxsana Palatskaya, Lena Dyal works as an analyst inside Persona Tower, a corporate system that monitors cognition and behavior through an interface called Reflex. When her clearance is reduced after several unexplained legacy server accesses, she traces anomalies linked to...

In Dark Place by Christopher Kell, when Ros is taken in the night after her government rating as a compliant citizen suddenly collapses, her friends, Femke and Domhnal, follow through on a dangerous plan to discover where the dispossessed are sent. They deliberately trigger their...

The Brighter the Light, the Darker the Shadow is an intriguing story about spirituality and life by Verlin Darrow, in which a spiritual leader follows the signs from the universe that lead him through the challenges of being human. Kade Tobin is a mentor in...

Cain’s Chameleon by Mark G Bearss poses the question: What is the best way to escape when threatened by gambling debts, bookies, and loan sharks? Dan Driscoll is in such a position. Addicted to gambling, he will go to any lengths to get his fix...

The Washashore by Christopher Mirabile opens on a storm-lashed morning in Provincetown, where newly appointed police chief Silas Lopez responds to a foundered boat before dawn. The uneasy calm shatters when a body is discovered near Town Hall, brutally injured in what first appears to...

In ISA StoryWorld: Garrett's Becoming by Kristen Peters, Garret is at an age that confuses most people. At twelve, his body has changed considerably. He is tall, his voice is deeper, and his shoulders have begun to broaden. These changes have led people to start...

Sydney Hughes goes to Dickens, New England, to help her Aunt Irma recover from hip surgery. Sydney works as an insurance actuary and lives a very structured life, so she figures the trip to her aunt’s place will be calm and uneventful. However, that plan...