Anika Jespers, a homesteader’s daughter on a Gaian colony, thinks she’s destined for a dull existence on her family’s farm. But when her father makes an impossible bargain with their neighbor, one of the alien Zhore, she faces a fut...

Samael calls the City of Angels home, but he’s far from angelic. His assignment: Bringing the souls of L.A.’s unquiet dead to the underworld. His duties don’t preclude more earthly entanglements, as long he keeps things purely physical. Whe...

You know what they say about deals with the Devil… This time the deal the Devil makes is with God, who offers him a chance at redemption if he can experience human love. Easy enough, according to the Devil, who thinks that making the woman G...

Mick Jagger was right. You can’t always get what you want. Katherine Wheeler is finding that out the hard way, after spending six months in Los Angeles with little to show for her efforts besides a rapidly dwindling bank account. So when an onli...

When a tough-as-nails reporter is kidnapped by a mad genius, nothing goes quite as planned. Is it true love, or a raging case of Stockholm Syndrome? Inspired by Jonathan Coulton's cult classic, "Skullcrusher Mountain."

Reader Review: Short story with a fairy tale vibe, set in Russia. I wish it had been a bit longer because I felt like just as it was getting interesting, it was o...

A handsome stranger promises escape from Taylor's humdrum existence...but all gifts have their price in this tale where everything is not as it seems. A 2010 Pushcart Prize nominee.

The ship's doctor on a far-future mission of exploration uses every means at her disposal to thwart an insidious alien invasion. A 2011 Pushcart Prize nominee.

Another dull day at the mall? Not when a mysterious stranger enters Kara's store and all hell breaks loose.

The familiar story of Snow White...from a different perspective.