THE NEON CHURCH
The Length of a Line is the Space of One Breath
A repair ship at the edge of space. A distress call from a station at the edge of a white hole. A decision at the edge of duty and regret.
A short story.
What am I going to do with you? The little girl looks at him. What do you mean? It’s something I say because I love you, he says, in the beginning of the story.
End of the Road
Pash waits in a public place to talk to Walker Tilley for her school project. She’s told a friend. But she doesn’t know Walker, or how he's going to react.
We, the Dark
We have lived here for a long time. We have slept for a long time. But now we are awake. And we do what we cannot escape.
Advance Against Royalties
Twelfth and Semple's Used Books is the target for desperate people's last big score. Sanna is no different. Except she has no intention of ever coming back.
Our Labors End
The light never changes. There is no day or night. There is the Fisher, and the boat, and the Spout, and the work, forever.
Howard
How did Howard's life turn out like this? A grinding job in a ground-down town, in a story from THE LAND OF CLOSED DOORS.
The Three Chores
Hanmui must complete three chores before she can go the banquet, in a tale from the world of THE WIRE ROAD.
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Scarlet
A brutal murder in a small village. Two investigators come from the city to solve it.