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Latest Stories
 Tea Time
The hatter is a poor man. He has no hats of his own. Audio: Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. |
 Grand Jete (The Great Leap)
What’s the difference between a person and a doll? Nebula Award finalist. |
Nebula Winners
 If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love
Audio: Lynne Thomas (Apex), Christina Lebonville (EscapePod), Tina Connolly (PodCastle, 50:00) Hugo and World Fantasy Award finalist. |
 The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window
My story should have ended on the day I died. Hugo and World Fantasy Award finalist. |
Featured Stories
 Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia
The line between art and magic is a treacherous thing. Nebula Award finalist. |
 Fields of Gold
When Dennis died, he found himself at a party. Hugo and Nebula Award finalist. |
 Eros, Philia, Agape
A robot’s quest to know love in all its forms. Audio: Narrated by Mur Lafferty Hugo, Locus, Million Writers, and Sturgeon Award finalist. |
 A Memory of Wind
How does a human girl become the wind? Audio: Narrated by Ann Leckie Nebula Award finalist. |
 How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth
During the first million years of its existence, mankind survived five apocalypses. Audio: Narrated by Frank Key |
 All That Fairy Tale Crap
Never marry a prince when you can eat a pussy. Audio: Narrated by Keffy Kehrli |
 The Monster’s Million Faces
Aaron’s mind just won’t cooperate. And neither will… he. (Trigger warning for violence against children.) |
 Marrying the Sun
The wedding went well until the bride caught fire. |
 Dispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind
On the last day of her life, the light-eyed child finds a pair of ancient skeletons exposed in the silt. |
 Scene from a Dystopia
You’ve read this book before. |