Join the writers of the Imaginative Fiction Writers Association on a journey through worlds both familiar and unknown as they explore humanity’s drive to create life (or something like it) in their own image. These are the machines that make us.
Edited by Chris Patrick Carolan, Renée Bennett, Michael Gillett, Dan M. Hampton, and D. E. Wright
Featuring stories by:
R.E. Baird; Renée Bennett; Adriaan Brae; Ed Buchan; Ellen A. Easton; Robert W. Easton; Ron S. Friedman; Michael Gillett; Fernando Girotto; Dan M. Hampton; Dale McShannock; Brent Nichols; Al Onia; Celeste A. Peters; Mark Phillip Ross; Robert J. Sawyer; Jim Sheasby; Marc Watson; Kevin Weir; and David Worsick.
Jessica never thought it would go this far. Here she was, trapped in her own basement with a monster who’d already eaten one of her friends and couldn’t wait to sink its shadowy claws into her.
She wasn’t anyone’s idea of a hero--a bookish computer nerd in way over her head.
If she’d just ignored the visions. Ignored the way the laws of physics seemed to be wavering. Ignored the voice of the Gatekeeper inside her head showing her the arcane secrets of magic, she could be blissfully ignorant of the death and pain stalking her small town.
But you can’t look away once you’ve seen real evil.
She'd been shunned by her (former) best friends. Her name was a joke at school. Her parents thought she was either already on drugs, or should be. And, her only allies were just as fragile and confused as her.
There's one thing this killer from the past hadn’t counted on...
When the going gets weird, the tough are useless. You need a geek.
Mutant science projects, a troubled werewolf, and other magic-related dangers are Jessica’s new normal, but someone has started targeting the students of Coldwater High with powerful curses, and she’s a suspect. A serious mistake forces her to question whether she deserves Drew and Michiru’s loyalty, and with the gatekeeper’s alien influence in her head, she’s not even sure she can trust herself.
Just as Jessica realizes she has also been hit with a lethal curse, a disastrously magical Valentine’s Day leaves her cut off from friends and forces her to put her life in the hands of her worst enemy.
Imagine a future world where 99.99999% of the human population dies in a single week, and all of the survivors are immortal. Here we get a glimpse of two survivors and the kind of society that has emerged from the devastation.
How would a person of the far future react to the ‘sales pitch’ of Christianity on hearing it for the first time? This story takes a satirical look at some of the common promises and practices of Christianity through the medium of a telemarketer’s cold-call.
This is the fifth installment of the Askew Anthology series, and this volume is about the worlds of fantasy. We challenged our writers to explore the realms of fantasy from new perspectives, such as magepunk (a blending of the steampunk genre with the magic elements of a fantasy) or other, outside the box takes.\n\nWe weren’t disappointed in the results. As usual, we found that sometimes, our askew authors and poets color far outside the lines, and that is a wonderful part of being askew as well. In these pages you will experience fantastic worlds where technology and magic coexist in harmony, and others where the two collide head-on, leaving a swath of pain and destruction in their wake. We have hidden worlds, journeys through time, and even a high-tech wizard or two.\n\nThis volume also marks the appearance of some of our youngest askew talent yet. Short stories, flash stories and poetry by some of the brightest new teen stars on the askew horizon await you in this volume.
A drabble is a short form of fiction that is exactly 100 words long (not including the title).
Kevin J. Kennedy, has once again brought together the best of the horror world to bring you an anthology that is packed with creepy tales.
A drabble is a short form of fiction that is exactly 100 words long (not including the title).
Kevin J. Kennedy has once again served up the best of the horror world to bring you an anthology that is packed with creepy tales.
