Apr 29, 2022
A mural painted by an anonymous artist inspires both dread and wonder.
Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction
Excerpt:
On the wall of a poorly kept apartment building was painted a
vast mural of a forest in the midst of winter, the trees laden with
snow, the ground, likewise. The sky a crisp and sharp blue. The
mural had...
Apr 22, 2022
An ambitious freshman believes her research project will uncover a hidden historical mystery.
Genre: Mystery
Excerpt:
Sometimes a thing isn’t good or evil in itself. The sequence is a
thing like this. It becomes good or evil when you touch it. If you
are good, it becomes good. If you are evil, it becomes evil.
But...
Apr 15, 2022
One monkey’s mischief alters the course of four other animals’ lives.
Genre: Fable
Excerpt:
Long ago, when the world was young, and in some ways smaller
than it is today, and in other ways, greater than it is today,
there happened a moment of mischief.
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Story: “The
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Apr 8, 2022
A woman caught in the middle of an ecological attack becomes a subject of interest for the group who is responsible.
Genre: Science Fiction
Excerpt:
Chloe glanced again at the handsome man who was lingering at a
sculpture. The sculpture was a caryatid, a column shaped like a
woman, in this case, a celestial being. He...
Apr 1, 2022
A brilliant architect impresses an ambitious aristocrat with more and more wondrous constructions.
Genre: Fairy Tale
Excerpt:
So charmed was the aristocrat that by the end of their
discourse, he began to speak familiarly with the architect, as he
would only typically do with a young man of his own
station.
He...