The Ray-Gun: A Love Story by James Alan Gardner

“This is a story about a ray-gun. The ray-gun will not be explained except to say, ‘It shoots rays.’” As Continue reading →

Freebie Friday: London Bone by Michael Moorcock

It is bone that has been buried for hundreds, thousands of years. The specific blend of soil components in certain Continue reading →

The Immortal by Jorge Luis Borges

I initially wanted to recommend this on the strength of Borges’ thoughts on immortality. I often find immortals dissatisfying in Continue reading →

Trouble with Water by Horace L. Gold

As Midas-like curses go, this one is pretty cruel. After insulting a water gnome while out fishing, Greenberg is cursed Continue reading →

Nothing Personal by Richard A. Lupoff

While cosmic horror writers have been strip-mining the works of H.P. Lovecraft for decades, there’s one area of the Cthulhu Continue reading →

Rope by Katherine Anne Porter

This is essentially just an argument between a husband and a wife: she sent him down to the village to Continue reading →

Freebie Friday: The Midlist Bombers by Charles Stross

London, 1992: the accountants of a major publishing company decide it would be more profitable to stop publishing all their Continue reading →

Rawhead Rex by Clive Barker

Because what would Thanksgiving be without devouring a few corpses? In a village in rural England, a capstone from long-fallow Continue reading →