Apex Magazine
Mary Ann Nichols Well. Look at you, Mary Ann Nichols, drinking in the Frying Pan. The clock’s ticking. Not the slow, hollow tick of the clock on the wall above...
O Have You Seen the Devle with his Mikerscope and Scalpul?
Mary Ann Nichols Well. Look at you, Mary Ann Nichols, drinking in the Frying Pan. The clock’s ticking. Not the slow, hollow tick of the clock on the wall above...
Narrated by the author “Want some candy?” Aunt Dissy asked when I was seven. Delighted, I thrust open my hand. “Let me see it,” she said. She grabbed my hand...
Aunt Dissy's Policy Dream Book
Narrated by the author “Want some candy?” Aunt Dissy asked when I was seven. Delighted, I thrust open my hand. “Let me see it,” she said. She grabbed my hand...
Philip K. Dick — American author (1928-1982) of many novels and short stories. In later years Dick began to believe he was in touch with a cosmic intelligence, which he...
Agent of V.A.L.I.S.
Philip K. Dick — American author (1928-1982) of many novels and short stories. In later years Dick began to believe he was in touch with a cosmic intelligence, which he...
Thank you all—faculty and students, deans and provosts, Ms. President and our board, community members and honored guests for coming today. I suppose I’ll begin with a few prefatory remarks...
On the Occasion of My Retirement
Thank you all—faculty and students, deans and provosts, Ms. President and our board, community members and honored guests for coming today. I suppose I’ll begin with a few prefatory remarks...
Where There’s a Mountain “Today is the day I’m finally going to get you to tell me what is up with you never going on land,” the Captain declared, arching...
Mountain
Where There’s a Mountain “Today is the day I’m finally going to get you to tell me what is up with you never going on land,” the Captain declared, arching...
Legion A vision of the building from on high: five glittering floors surrounded by a dull concrete parking lot. To the west lay a forest. To the east, the glint...
Secret Life
Legion A vision of the building from on high: five glittering floors surrounded by a dull concrete parking lot. To the west lay a forest. To the east, the glint...
Each morning is a decision. Should I put on the brown mask or the blue? Should I be a tradesman or an assassin today? Whatever the queen demands, of course,...
Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast
Each morning is a decision. Should I put on the brown mask or the blue? Should I be a tradesman or an assassin today? Whatever the queen demands, of course,...