SAVING THE SHAMROCK By Irene Montaner The lights were blinding. Wherever Fingula looked, hundreds of lights blinked. Some moving and some still; many yellowish, but some were red and a few even green. The first thing Fingula saw when her eyes adjusted to the bright luminescence of this place was the metallic column in the…
Another rush-hour crunch and boring forty-minute commute. Mouth breathing was the best way to avoid inhaling the stench of sweat, perfume, and cigarette smoke that lingered in the subway tunnel. I loosened my tie and unbuttoned the tiny top choker below the stiff collar of my dress shirt while waiting on the platform packed…
The sign on my door reads Solomon Murphy and Co. Paranormal General Contracting. Monsters Mashed, Idols Trashed, Curses Lifted, Apparitions Evicted. No Magic Too Black, Weird Science a Speciality. It’s an odd way for a wizard to make his living I admit, but things aren’t like they used to be. No hiding out in dungeons,…
MOON dog Went Surfing By D.S. Maiorca Pipeline danced through the air from a distant transistor radio and the salt breeze wisped through the sparse dune grass. There were a-framed waves to be had, and his pack was taking them, in the moment: one last ride at this beach, before they moved on. Cashed,…
The Great Faramouche and the Card Trick By Matthew Viriyapah Kris received a few letters this morning from friends from the Bernhold Academy of Magic. It’s been two weeks now into their respective apprenticeships, and everyone was sharing how things were going. One was helping analyze magic in deep-sea rock, while at the bottom of…
Kris received a few letters this morning from friends from the Bernhold Academy of Magic. It’s been two weeks now into their respective apprenticeships, and everyone was sharing how things were going. One was helping analyze magic in deep-sea rock, while at the bottom of the ocean. Another wrote back on slightly singed paper, that…
Rocky Beginnings by Brittany Ellis The room Mina Black stood in was dark. She assumed the people commissioning her next job didn’t want her to recognize them. That, or they thought it gave them an air of mystery. Either way, they would be disappointed to know she had better-than-average sight. Though if she kept standing…
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of Ghouls, Ghost, and Grave Robbers. First place The Barrow-Wright. Second place Mine Shaft to Hell. Third place Wedding Night Editor’s choic The Dive.
Once again the editors are in a death battle for editors’ choice. We will post results tomorrow. Swords, Socery, and Subway Cars will begin its run on the Astounding Outpost Wednesday.