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Aberrant Dreams

"Follow The Monkey" by Tom Pendergrass (February 2007)

Desperate convicts escape a corporate prison on Mars

"Concrete" by Nathaniel Lee (April 2011)

Trent's life kind of sucks. His job is boring, his friends are bland, his boss is a jerk. Being haunted is just the icing on the cake. The worst part is that he's not haunted by ghosts...

"Night of the Manticore" by Tony Pi (January 2010)

"Xenosomnambulism" by Lawrence M. Schoen (May 2008)

Peter lost his grip on the dream, and just that quickly aliens surrounded him. He knew was dreaming, all his life he'd had a knack for dreams, not just to always tell that he was in a dream, but to control and shape his dreams as well. But for months now, and more and more frequently, he'd been losing that control, and always with the same results.

"At Blue Crane Falls" by Brian Dolton (January 2008)

"Metamorphoses in Amber" by Tony Pi (October 2007)

"Weepers and Ragers" by Aliette de Bodard (May 2007)

Sylvia shakes off the last of her nightmare, and goes to prepare herself. The Reformer is coming again today, as he does every month. He wants to make sure she is still re–adapting to the world of flesh.

She does not know how many more times she can lie to him.

"Ten New Metaphors for Cyberspace" by Cat Rambo (January 2007)

New ways to envision virtual reality...

"The Man Who Was Never Afraid" by Brian Dolton (October 2006)

"Zeno's Last Paradox" by Tony Pi (October 2005)

"Waiting for the Big Freeze" by Ian Creasey (January 2003)

"Angry Rose's Lament" by Cat Rambo

Paul Rutter is a recovering drug addict whose company's only hope is a contract with the Solins. But will he be able to do what they ask in order to get it?

"Just Like Meteors" by Luc Reid

"Catch" by Luc Reid

AE - The Canadian Science Fiction Review

"Humans Love You" by Tracy Canfield (April 2011)

Jordan Eversley sold out humanity in return for alien pocket change.

"Tiny" by Richard Baldwin

A flash fiction shrinking person story, published in a micro zine PDF format.

Alien Skin

"Shirley Knott" by Abby Goldsmith (August 2010)

A woman gains the power to transform people into inanimate objects, but she doesn't quite understand the rules of her power, and her lack of introspection leads to her downfall.

Another Realm

"No Forwarding Address" by David Walton (January 2005)

"Deep Red" by Floris M. Kleijne (August 2004)

Relocated to the safety of a new home far away, Tom is still haunted by his least favorite axe-toting nightmare. But is it only a dream...?

Aoife's Kiss

"Skipping School" by Guy Stewart (June 2007)

"The Heart of the Matter" by Elise Catherine Tobler

Apex Magazine

"A Poor Man's Roses" by Alethea Kontis (October 2009)

"In Memory" by Eric James Stone (January 2009)

A mathematician whose brain has been uploaded into a computer finds his memory is not as perfect as he believed.

"Foiled" by Alethea Kontis (October 2007)

Absolute power is a little bit scary...but he totally deserved it. (audio podcast, read by the author)

Apex Online

"Schrödinger's Pussy" by Terra LeMay (July 2010)

"Behold: Skowt!" by Jason Heller (November 2008)

"A Splash of Color" by William T. Vandemark (November 2008)

"The Man Who Murdered Himself" by Nancy Fulda

Asimov's

"Movement: 2011 Nebula Nominee" by Nancy Fulda

When her concerned parents investigate a treatment that could change her life forever, Hannah's world is thrown into turmoil. Unable to speak -- at least not in ways most people can understand -- Hannah struggles to face the question of who she really is, and who she wishes to become.

Originally published in the March 2011 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, "Movement" was marked Highly Recommended by Lois Tilton of Locus Reviews. Mundane-SF called it the "best story I have read so far this year", and SFRevu called it "a truly fine story". It is quite short, easily readable during a half-hour lunch break, and interweaves Hannah's sincere narrative with concepts drawn from neurology, entropy, social evolution and chaos theory.

Atomjack

"Julie, Spirit of Laws" by Jason Heller (April 2009)

BayCon

"Sea of the Gods" by Barbara A. Barnett (April 2012)

Behind the Wainscot

"Some Notes on the Eisenberg Estate" by Willow Fagan (October 2008)

"The Magician" by Cat Rambo

Part of the Behind the Wainscot Tarot issue, this short piece explores the Magician card.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

"They Make of You a Monster" by Damien W. Grintalis (November 2012)

"The Three Feats of Agani" by Christie Yant (July 2012)

"The Land of Empty Shells" by Caroline M. Yoachim (July 2009)

Excerpt: "The rest of the birthing was hard work, but painless. Dziko and Terra sprinkled water over the clay to soften it and kneaded the flesh together until there was no way to separate his riverbed brown from her sunset orange. Then they divided the babyflesh into two equal pieces, soon to be their children."

"The Sacrifice Pit" by Brian Dolton (May 2009)

"Silk and Shadow" by Tony Pi (February 2009)

#11

"Beneath the Mask" by Aliette de Bodard (January 2009)

Brain Harvest

"Please Return my Son who is In Your Custody"
by Helena Bell (July 2011)

"What Makes You Tick" by David Steffen (April 2010)

An alien autopsy, from the alien's point of view. Who is really in control?

"Mount Rainier Considers Its Mental Health"
by Spencer Ellsworth (December 2009)

"Shatter Shatter" by Sean Markey (August 2009)

"Phases of Alkahest" by William T. Vandemark (June 2009)

"The Occupation of the Architect" by Jason Heller (May 2009)

"This Dog's Life" by William T. Vandemark (May 2009)

Bull Spec

"Turning Back the Clock" by David Steffen (October 2010)

Lewis comes home to find his wife murdered, but he might yet be able to save her, if he can turn back the clock.

Buzzy Mag

"Blue Tag Sale" by Beth Cato (September 2012)

Cafe Irreal

"The Accordion" by Cat Rambo (July 2005)

Chiaroscuro

"A Loss for _____" by Brenta Blevins (October 2010)

A writer's apocalypse:
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Desperate, Lily slid classic movies her mother had loved into the DVD player, one after another. The actors' lips moved in black and white, their mouths stretching into yawning voids.

“____, I've got a _______ we're not in ______ anymore.”

“______! I don't have to show you any stinking ______!”

“_______, my ____, I don't give a ____.”

Lily pressed her fingertips to the screen, willing the words to come back.
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"Grandmother's Road Trip" by Cat Rambo (October 2005)

Second place winner, 2005 Chiaroscuro Short Story contest. No longer available online.

Clarkesworld

"The Weight of a Blessing" by Aliette de Bodard (March 2013)

"Robot" by Helena Bell (September 2012)

Flesh eating robot vs. cardiovascular disease

"All the Young Kirks and Their Good Intentions"
by Helena Bell (February 2012)

A story about 11 teenagers all named James Tiberius Kirk (really).

"Scattered Along the River of Heaven" by Aliette de Bodard (January 2012)

A story of revolution and its aftermath (and dying colonial empires, prison stations around black holes, and pseudo-Chinese poetry).

"A Sweet Calling" by Tony Pi (May 2010)

"Clockwork Chickadee" by Mary Robinette Kowal (June 2008)

"I'll Gnaw Your Bones, the Manticore Said" by Cat Rambo (July 2007)

Just another girl and her manticore story.

"The Human Moments" by Alexander Lumans (February 2007)

"The Worm Within" (October 8)

In a world of clockwork robots, the last human struggles not to go mad...or are they already?

Cosmos

"Fuel" by Matthew S. Rotundo (April 2009)

In a future of biological enhancements and athlete worship, the race is indeed to the swift . . . but what if you choose not to run?

Coyote Wild

"The Girl-Prince" by Merrie Haskell (August 2008)

"Sea Child" by Aliette de Bodard

Crossed Genres

"La Rosa Still in Bloom" by Beth Cato (August 2011)

"Last Tango in Gamma Sector" by Michael R. Underwood (June 2010)

"Lt. Anton Biagi dashed onto the elevated balcony that encircled the room above the piloting floor. Vivid lights cast the bridge in red as smooth consoles flashed fields of data. The audio transducers played the overture of battle, a mournful bandoneon warbling out a building beat as violins sustained a warlike tremolo."

"Promise in the Dust" by Beth Cato (May 2009)

Daily Science Fiction

"Wildness and Wet" by Lee Hallison (February 2013)

"Mashup" by Floris M. Kleijne (January 2013)

A gadget geek’s excitement over his new Ambient Web smartphone, already tempered by the producer’s apparent submission to commerce, turns to dust when his best friend’s sister goes missing.

"My Mother's Body" by Christie Yant (October 2012)

"Phone Booth" by Holli Mintzer (October 2012)

"Cartographer's Ink" by Beth Cato (August 2012)

"The Mechanical Heart of Him" by Cate Gardner (July 2012)

"Love, the Mermaids, and You" by Holli Mintzer (July 2012)

"Taking Care Of Ma" by Lee Hallison (June 2012)

"Sapience and Maternal Instincts" by Krystal Claxton (May 2012)

"This Rough Magic" by Christie Yant (April 2012)

"Guaranteed To Work" by Lee Hallison (March 2012)

"Reading Time" by Beth Cato (August 2011)

"This Life" by Lee Hallison (April 2011)

"God's Gift to Women" by Barbara A. Barnett (March 2011)

"A Song Never Tasted" by Barbara A. Barnett (January 2011)

"Waiting for Raymond" by Eric James Stone (January 2011)

A poltergeist watches as a woman waits for her boyfriend to show up.

"Buy You a Mockingbird" by Eric James Stone (December 2010)

Faced with a child who won't go to sleep, a mother tells her a story that may be more than just a story.

"The Plum Pudding Paradox" by Jay Werkheiser (December 2010)

J. J. Thomson's plum pudding theory could save the future.

"Dragon Dreams on Cardboard Wings and Tiny Scraps of Yellow"
by Christopher Kastensmidt (November 2010)

"Bless This House" by Beth Cato (October 2010)

"Migrating Bears" by Helena Bell (October 2010)

Joseph Godfrey believes himself to be the son of Bluebeard. How else can he explain the parade of women's bodies in his bedroom closet, hanging there like limp socks.

"American Changeling" by Mary Robinette Kowal (September 2010)

"Half-consciously, Kim put a hand up to cover her new nose ring. It pissed her parents off no end that she could tolerate touching cold iron and they couldn't.

Darker Matter

"Final Report" by Barbara A. Barnett (June 2007)

Darwin's Evolutions

"The Last Arrow Of Liang Xi" by Brian Dolton (April 2009)

A consideration of what it takes to become immortal, or to become a legend, or both.

Diamonds in the Sky, an Astronomical Anthology

"Jaiden's Weaver" by Mary Robinette Kowal (January 2009)

So many things about life on Earth depend on the cycles of the sky, from the moon and tides to seasons and more. Well, what if the sky were different? How would humans adapt to life on a world with rings?

Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine

"The Edge of the Map" by Ian Creasey (July 2009)

SF short story, 39 minutes plus outro

Escape Pod

"Contamination" by Jay Werkheiser (September 2012)

To what extents should people go in order to preserve an alien ecosystem?

"The Prize Beyond Gold" by Ian Creasey (November 2011)

A science fiction story set in a future where all athletics records have reached the limits of the physically attainable, so that they are almost impossible to break.

"Thanksgiving Day" by Jay Werkheiser (November 2011)

Alien food is deadly, and the colony is going to starve unless Kev can figure out why.

"A Taste of Time" by Abby Goldsmith (April 2011)

Short story: A woman gains an ability to rewind to previous parts of her life, with the catch that she cannot jump forward again. She alters herself in pursuit of the perfect life.

"A Talent for Vanessa" by David W. Goldman (August 2010)

Now that the Greater Depression is over, you need a Special Talent like you need a hole in your head.

"The Hastillan Weed" by Ian Creasey (August 2009)

SF short story; episode length: 41 minutes

"This Is How It Feels" by Ian Creasey (March 2009)

SF short story, 38 minutes (inc. intro/outro)

"Chrysalis" by Mary Robinette Kowal (January 2009)

People ask me if I ever get involved with the subjects of my documentaries. I have a difficult time imagining that they would ask my male colleagues the same question, but they seem to expect women to be more emotional. In response, I tend to grit my teeth and answer very patiently with another question. How could I do my job if I were part of the story? Only by maintaining a sacred distance could I have any hope of understanding someone’s life. A documentarian records, but does not participate.

"One Million Years B.F.E.: Diary of an Anthropologist in Exile"
by Merrie Haskell (February 2006)

Eschatology Journal

"Safe Places" by Beth Cato (January 2012)

Every Day Fiction

"The Little Things" by Barbara A. Barnett (July 2012)

"Pest Control" by Beth Cato (July 2012)

"A Dance to End Our Final Day" by Beth Cato (May 2011)

"Nipped in the Bud" by Beth Cato (August 2009)

"Beyond the Gate" by C.L. Holland (March 2009)

"A Chime of Reds" by C.L. Holland (February 2009)

In which a young man discovers that different isn't necessarily bad.

"Monkey Love" by Barbara A. Barnett (January 2009)

"The Marsh Lights" by C.L. Holland (December 2008)

In which a child learns a piece of family history.

"Getting To Know You" by Brian Dolton (November 2008)

In space, nobody can hear you scream... except, that is, the psychovore that's just eaten you.

"Weaving Fancies For The Children" by Brian Dolton (October 2008)

A tale in which a tale is told (this is the companion story ot,and inspiration for, "The Man Who Was Never Afraid").

"How The Rainbow Came To Be" by Brian Dolton (September 2008)

In which we learn how the rainbow came to be

"If We Were Briar Roses" by Brian Dolton (July 2008)

In which a lover laments that he is not a poet

"The Gray World" by Brian Dolton (June 2008)

In which Yi Qin visits an old friend

Expanded Horizons

"The People Fever" by Jason Heller (December 2008)

Fantasy Magazine

"The Gold Silkworm" by Tony Pi (December 2010)

"Mortis Persona" by Barbara A. Barnett (November 2010)

"The Seal Of Sulaymaan" by Tracy Canfield (July 2010)

An ancient ifriit pursues a monster through modern Morocco.

"Scatter and Return, the Eyes of the Princess"
by Willow Fagan (November 2008)

"In This City" by Brian Dolton (September 2008)

"Sorrowbird" by Sean Markey (June 2008)

"Cockatrice Girl Meets Statue Boy" by Willow Fagan (February 2008)

"Time to Say Goodnight" by Caroline M. Yoachim (December 2007)

Farragos Wainscot

"Seven Men (in Various States of Fabrication)"
by Jason Heller (April 2009)

"The Fisherman's Child" by Cat Rambo

Deep in the swamp, a fisherman tries to catch the ultimate prize while his child tries to do the same.

Flash Fiction Online

"Beholder" by Sarah Grey (February 2013)

"There Are No Great Truths Here" by D T Friedman (August 2009)

"Lucky Clover" by Barbara A. Barnett (March 2008)

Flash me magazine

"The Department of Villainous Affairs" by Barbara A. Barnett (October 2006)

"Doom Bunny" by Barbara A. Barnett (July 2006)

Flashquake

"Part 42: In Which She is Devoured by Tigers"
by Elle Van Hensbergen (December 2008)

"Soul Delivery" by Barbara A. Barnett (March 2008)

"Shotgun" by Merrie Haskell

Fortean Bureau

"Reparations" by Merrie Haskell (June 2004)

Time travelers in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

"There Once was a Girl from Nantucket (A Fortean Love Story)"
by Ken Scholes

Futurismic

"Dry Frugal with Death Rays" by Alex Wilson (August 2008)

"A dark satire of office politics, corporate bureaucracy, thwarted ambition and revenge gone awry."

"The Towers of St. Michael's" by David Walton (April 2007)

"Diamond Dust" by David Walton (November 2005)

Grand Science Fiction

"Don't Look" by Beth Cato (June 2012)

Haruah

"For a Daughter" by Aliette de Bodard (May 2006)

Helix

"The Last Man's First Year on Earth" by David W. Goldman (January 2008)

Some sex, lots of drugs, and a bit of rock & roll on a future Earth where some things have changed.

Hub

"To Someone Who Needs Prayer" by Barbara A. Barnett (August 2008)

Ideomancer

"Chrestomathy" by Anatoly Belilovsky (July 2011)

Alternate literature, alternate history: what if Pushkin survived his duel?

Kaleidotrope

"No Woman, No Plaything" by LisaShapter (October 2012)

A science fiction story about robots and a colony planet inspection that goes amiss the moment it starts. Includes an atheist's prayer to Asimov's atoms. Part of the 74 Stories project.

Kasma

"Karlsson" by Anatoly Belilovsky (April 2012)

Inspired by Russian cartoons

Lenox Avenue

"Sharksheep Suit" by Vylar Kaftan (January 2005)

A sharksheep farmer makes a suit so he can vote.

"The Problem of Friction" by David Walton

"The Epistemology of Bread" by Lawrence M. Schoen

"Chance Meeting With a Baby on a Train" by Luc Reid

Les Bonnes Fees

"Rampion in the Belltower" by Merrie Haskell (June 2008)

Lightspeed Magazine

"The Ballad of Marisol Brook" by Sarah Grey (June 2013)

Her name, this time, is Marisol Lysium Brook. The media, long bored with the minutiae of her death, occupies itself by speculating which stars will grace the guest list at her reconstruction gala.

"Always, They Whisper" by Damien W. Grintalis (May 2013)

A contemporary retelling of Medusa.

Nature

"World Wire Web" by Gareth D Jones (November 2010)

Future steampunk.

"The Greatest Science-Fiction Story Ever Written"
by Eric James Stone (October 2010)

An unpublished author and his friend come up with a way to create the greatest science-fiction story ever written.

"Health Tips for Traveller" by David W. Goldman (September 2010)

"Since the short time from mutual greetings of worlds, many Earther wish to visit the lovely world of the Pooquar peoples."

Neometropolis

"Nightshift in the Automart, the Goddess Dancing"
by Andy Gudgel

PodCastle

"Accounting for Dragons" by Eric James Stone (October 2009)

Most dragons rarely think about accounting. But you’ve worked hard to acquire that hoard of gold and jewels–shouldn’t you be keeping track of what happens to it? Just sitting on it isn’t good enough any more. That’s why you need accounting. Here are some tips...

"Bright Waters" by John Brown (April 2009)

A fearsome Dutch trapper, a spunky Irish woman stolen as a girl in an Abenaki raid, and a small Iroquois tattoo . . . (audio version)

"Dead Languages" by Merrie Haskell (October 2008)

Popcorn Popping

"Loophole" by Eric James Stone (May 2006)

A humorous story in which a Mormon man finds out his wife is a demon.

Pseudopod

"Terrible Lizard King" by Nathaniel Lee (March 2011)

No one else seems to notice the rogue dinosaur in Patrick's neighborhood or understand the dangers it poses, but what can one grade-schooler do against ten tons of prehistoric killing machine?

"The Disconnected" by David Steffen (November 2009)

In a future, cell phones have evolved into symbiotic organisms attached to a human at birth. The world is a much safer place, because everyone is connected to everyone. But for those who have been severed from their phones, there is no going back.

"Memories of the Knacker's Yard" by Ian Creasey (December 2007)

"The Sounds That Come After Screaming" by Ian Creasey (April 2007)

Quantum Kiss

"The Roman and the Regency" by Merrie Haskell (October 2008)

Time traveling Romans in Regency England!

"The Wedding Dress Tea Parties of 2443" by merriehaskell (October 2008)

Raven Electrick

"Through the Cooking Glass" by Vylar Kaftan (March 2006)

Gingerbread people come to life in Mrs. Wallace's oven.

Redstone Science Fiction

"Salt of the Earth" by Mary Robinette Kowal (September 2010)

Melia adjusted Dora’s salt-suit, feeling as if it were futile because the two-year old would have the sweatband off her head the instant Melia’s back was turned. She caught her daughter’s hand reaching for the soft, green mesh. “No. You have to leave that on.”

SciFi Dimensions

"Ascension Salad" by William Ledbetter (August 2005)

SciFiction

"Gauging Moonlight" by Catherine Tobler

"Vanishing Act" by E. Catherine Tobler

Sharable.net

"Playing Against Type" by Mary Robinette Kowal (July 2010)

"Harold pressed his hand against his knee to stop it from jiggling. It gave him a chance to wipe the sweat off his palm, too. Never show fear in front of actors. 'I thought we had the camera until Friday.'"

SpaceWesterns.com

"Texas Fold'em" by Lawrence M. Schoen (February 2008)

Like sensible folk, Left-John Mocker stayed out of Texas. Mostly. He made an exception for Smokin’ Sam’s card house in Amarillo. The Mocker played cards for a living, and Smokin’ Sam’s held his luck. Or so he had come to believe.

Strange Horizons

"Dysphonia in D Minor" by Damien W. Grintalis (January 2013)

"The Chastisement Of Your Peace" by Tracy Canfield (January 2012)

A woman works to improve the lives of her counterparts from alternate universes. However, some of those alternates have other ideas about what constitutes improvement.

"Tomorrow is Waiting" by Holli Mintzer (November 2011)

"One-Eyed Jack's" by Tracy Canfield (July 2011)

Granny Hilburn's mountain is caught in a spiritual battle between a decadent strip club and a hive-mind Christian church.

"Zookrollers Winkelden Ook" by Tracy Canfield (December 2010)

A widower copes with the countless digital copies of his dead husband that have been spread across the Internet.

"The Spider In You" by Sean Markey (March 2009)

"Sometimes We Arrive Home" by K. Bird Lincoln (February 2009)

"No Love For the Middleman" by Tony Frazier (May 2008)

Ron from Customer Service tries to stop twin Japanese super-heroines from wreaking havoc at his place of work. Placed second in the 2007 Codexian Idol.

""The Leaving Sweater"" by Ruth Nestvold (June 2007)

"Magnificent Pigs" by Cat Rambo (November 2006)

Short story. A tattoo artist/pig farmer struggles with his younger sister's impending death.

"Body, Remember" by E. Catherine Tobler (November 2006)

"Silent Blade" by Leah Cypess (July 2006)

"13-year-old Danis wakes up to a sound she had been waiting for and dreading for five years, the sound of her older brother returning home. Only her brother is now a member of the Silent Blade, a cabal of assassins, and his final test is to slay his own family. Can he do it? And if he can, how can she stop him?" (Tangent Online)

"Portrait of Ari" by Mary Robinette Kowal (January 2006)

“For all its brevity and apparent simplicity, this story packs a strong emotional punch. Beautifully, quietly done.”
–Lois Tilton, Internet Review of Science Fiction

""Happily Ever Awhile"" by Ruth Nestvold (June 2005)

"She Called Me Baby" by Vylar Kaftan (May 2005)

The cloned daughter of a celebrity confronts her estranged mother.

"Huntswoman" by Merrie Haskell (January 2005)

"No matter what anyone else tells you," the queen said, capturing the huntswoman's eyes with her own, "remember that you will be best rewarded by me. Just bring me the princess's heart, and her hands."

""Princes and Priscilla"" by Ruth Nestvold (April 2002)

"Foam on the Water" by Cat Rambo

Subterranean Magazine

"Waiting for Rain" by Mary Robinette Kowal (October 2008)

Sword Review

"The Poet" by Barbara A. Barnett (June 2007)

"Citadel of Cobras" by Aliette de Bodard (May 2006)

The New Haven Review

"The Axiom of Choice" by David W. Goldman (December 2011)

Free will or Determinism? You choose.

The Pedestal Magazine

"Biding Time" by Beth Cato (December 2009)

The Story Station

"The Monster & Mrs. Blake" by Alethea Kontis (November 2009)

Jeremy Blake is far too old to have a monster under his bed, and his mother seems to know far too much about how to get rid of it.

The Town Drunk

"Self-Made Man" by Nora Fleischer (August 2009)

The Writers Eye

"Ghost Dancer" by Alethea Kontis (November 2008)

Life is fleeting. Love is not. (flash fiction)

Twilight Times

"The Blur" by Abby Goldsmith (July 2004)

A girl copes with her supernatural ability to visit the distant past, terrified that she will be unable to return to the present time.

Vestal Review

"Buddha's Happy Family Jewels" by Vylar Kaftan (October 2005)

Two former lovers argue over lunch.

Would That It Were

"Button by Button" by E. Catherine Tobler

"Pocket Full of Rocks" by E. Catherine Tobler

"Meeting Mr. Melmoth" by E. Catherine Tobler

Online Non-fiction

Apex Magazine

"The Monster in the Closet" by Alethea Kontis (February 2009)

Only one closet met the qualifications for a Pesky Sister Penitentiary: the walk-in at the top of the stairs that rivals my current double-wide cubicle office for square footage.

Apex Online

"I Bet You Think This Essay's About You" by Alethea Kontis (November 2008)

It's all about you. Really.

"Almost Back" by Alethea Kontis (July 2008)

Welcome back, world.

"An Interview with Nancy Fulda" by Alethea Kontis (January 2006)

Apex Contest Champion; Featured Writer

Clarkesworld

"White Girl" by Alethea Kontis (September 2008)

When you work in the publishing industry, becoming a New York Times bestseller is not all it's cracked up to be.