A Modest Solution

To: the world
From: me
Subject: I have solved it!

Nic Cage as Angel

Flash fiction about America’s favorite actor.

The Heritage of Travis

The continuing adventures of Jesse Schneed’s Florida Man.

Travis the Floridian Mutant

Jesse Schneed’s story about a special little guy from a special little state.

Picnic Basket of the Gods

A story from Captain Chasek about prophets picnicking and singing songs about aliens.

The Hawthorne/Rappaccini Overlay

Inspired by Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter”…with a digital, nightmarish twist.

Kaoutsoukaphobia

Captain’s note: The title of this story means “a fear of rubber.”

Golems, Tinmen, and Robots, Oh My!

New essay about the Oz series from Jess Schneed

“…the Oz series broke a lot of ground in speculative fiction, namely in regards to writing about artificial lifeforms.”

The End of August

from Zachary Huneycutt
“August hated the month he was named after . . . he figured his parents had sense enough to know people would look at him strangely.”

Q-rious

Fiction by Zaqary Anderson:
“When she stepped outside she was 5 ft 4 inches tall….She had lost 4 inches by the time she reached the end of the driveway and she couldn’t see over the rows of corn.”