A Childhood in Heaven
Each breath caused the light to change. Paces above the men, a cut-glass chandelier trembled with their speaking. A team…
Category: Fiction
Return of the Followers of the All
Created by James Rubino in 1986, Followers of the All was conceived as a seven-issue mini-series that was first published…
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I see no popcorn in the audience, but they're eating something. They're always eating this and drinking that. They always…
Fifteenth Birthdays
“Hi, Uncle Will.” “Hi, birthday boy,” I responded teasingly. “Are you having a good day?” “Yeah, I really am. Thanks.”…
Ghost in the Sands of White (For Walter White)
The desert sands burned with the sun. Footprints melted into gold. Day spun and then died. Night came, but the…
A Brief Glimpse Over The Edge
“Did you ever see the end of The NeverEnding Story, where Atreyu awakes on Falkor and finds themselves lost, drifting…
Heroes in Dark
“There are no heroes,” he said, “because they are all dead.” Morning light soothed the pain of his words. A…
The Death of the State Employee
I used to have nightmares of a dead city. Its beauty would lie broken across harsh streets. No lights could…
One Way Ticket and Friendship Rises Over the Dead Zone
Curls of smoke chased the darkness away. Its hair-like strand slid down across the night. The ghostly white against the…
Elegiac, Creeping, Oceanic
So I was sitting in a Starbucks at this sort of long, skinny table with two stools at it; I…