Last Seen on September 10th by Mark Fass

Every death is a tragedy, especially the violent and unexpected. But the more famous an event is, the more the Continue reading →

Isabella of Castile Answers her Mail by James Morrow

I’m not sure what to make of the title. I want to say it’s non-indicative of the story, but it’s Continue reading →

The Keys to December by Roger Zelazny

Jarry lives at -50C in an atmosphere of exotic gases, with a body shape responsible for the nickname ‘Coldworld Catform.’ Continue reading →

The Other Two by Edith Wharton

This story’s from the point of view of an older gentleman, newly married to a young twice-divorced woman. It was Continue reading →

The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World by Harlan Ellison

Fan fiction. It’s usually considered to be stories written by amateurs about licensed characters (usually from film or TV) without Continue reading →

A Toy for Juliette by Robert Bloch

Juliette is a seventeen year old girl in the far future. Her bedroom walls are covered with many panes of Continue reading →

Two Perfect Thefts from Seamark and Sinclair Lewis

Here are two stories so similar to each other it makes me wonder whether there’s a decades-old case of plagiarism Continue reading →

The Rag Thing by Donald A. Wollheim

It would have been all right if spring had never come. During the winter nothing had happened and nothing was Continue reading →