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Back to SearchChen Qiufan | The Smog Society
Lao Sun lived on the seventeenth floor facing the open street, nothing between him and the sky. If he woke in the morning to darkness, it was the smo…
10 years, 11 months ago
Taiyo Fujii | Violation of the TrueNet Security Act
The bell for the last task of the night started chiming before I got to my station. I had the office to myself, and a mug of espresso. It was time to…
10 years, 11 months ago
Andrea Hairston | Saltwater Railroad (Part 2)
For the next few weeks Delia wrestled with hope. She walked the Island talking with Rainbow, who always lashed the tube to her back and stuffed cornb…
10 years, 11 months ago
Andrea Hairston | Saltwater Railroad (Part 1)
Miz Delia’s Island was protected by deadly reefs on the Georgia/Florida side and nine hundred feet of jagged cliffs on the other. Indians called it T…
11 years ago
Carrie Vaughn | Crazy Rhythm
George was about to declare his undying love for Annabell when the front of the train station fell over. Ross, the actor playing George, yelped and d…
11 years ago
AMJ Hudson | Red Run
Hinahon didn’t belong in that hotel. On that Monday, she should have been at her apartment on East Bradford Street preparing to meet Natalie at a coz…
11 years ago
Amal El-Mohtar | Madeleine
Madeleine remembers being a different person. It strikes her when she’s driving, threading her way through farmland, homesteads, facing down the moun…
11 years ago
Chaz Brenchley | The Astrakhan, the Homburg, and the Red Red Coal
“Paris? Paris is ruined for me, alas. It has become a haven for Americans — or should I say a heaven? When good Americans die, perhaps they really do…
11 years, 1 month ago
K.M. Szpara | Nothing is Pixels Here
“System Error ahead. Please turn around,” the Concierge’s voice speaks over the metallic growl of my dirt bike. I rev the throttle and lean into the …
11 years, 1 month ago
RJ Edwards | Black Holes
“What do you think it would feel like to die in a black hole?” Joey asked, then immediately added, “Not being morbid.” Kant laughed. He had a loud be…
11 years, 1 month ago