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From “Callisto Rising” by Clynick Rogers
They keep to themselves, the Callistans, and not without reason. The kind of work they’re hired to do is rarely pleasant; at the very least, the person they imitate or the place of business they...
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From “The Baroness in Winter” by Altos Wexan
This post is part of the February Blog Chain at Absolute Write. This month’s challenge is to describe your antagonist in 50 words or less and then to answer the question “what would you say to your...
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From “Bullhorn Charlie and the Amazing Automat Pie” by Altos Wexan
This post is part of the March Blog Chain at Absolute Write. This month’s challenge is to describe a secondary character that surprises you in some way in 50 words or less and then to post a scene that...
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From “Ineffable Diva Wyrm of the Kitchen Sink” by Jordan Iverson Peers
“You can’t go back there!” the waiter cried. I brushed him off and swept into the kitchen. Hollister’s notepad said something about a short-order cook, after all. I’d barely taken three steps in the...
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From “The Halfling Tuesday” by Jordan Iverson Peers
They call me Tuesday because that’s the name on the door. It’s not my name, mind you; it’s just on the door. The last gumshoe in this office went by that name; fittingly enough, he disappeared on a...
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From “The Gorgon Evryali” by Jordan Iverson Peers
It’s never a good sign when a client wants to meet you in an alleyway instead of your office. Granted, the average alleyway smells a bit better than my office and lets in less water when it rains. But...
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From “Over the Rainbow Speakeasy” by Jordan Iverson Peers
This post is part of the March 2013 Blog Chain at Absolute Write. This month’s prompt is “What the Leprechaun Said,” your generic St. Patrick’s Day sort of thing. Our last thrilling episode! “The...
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From “Circulatory Problems” by Angus Sustern
He remembered, all right. Dr. Carlsson had left a garageful of books to the library, but his illness meant that the only living things that’d set foot in there for five years were rats and roaches....
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From “The Zeussian Photoshoot” by Clynick Rogers
The photoshoot had gone great, Reid thought. It was rare enough to find a willing model, much less one that had the combination of good bone structure, natural-looking long blonde hair, and violet...
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From “Koala Noir” by Dan A. R. Piño
“It’s simply that a koala isn’t what I was anticipating ,” said the client. “Oh, so you think that koalas are somehow inherently unable to do mercenary work?” the bear said, its voice strangled and...
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