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Verity’s Faery Teas

Some things should happen only in the dark, when the world still sleeps and dreams innocent dreams. It has always been this way and always will be—and you would have it no other way, because you are one of the few who thrive during the time when the sun has not yet risen, when the lamplighters are not even awake.

2022-03-27T15:53:42-05:00March 26th, 2022|Ed Asteroid Issue Zero, Fiction, Stories|

Maleficium

Maleficium by Mara G. Shearer The owl screeches From the beeches The flying bats And prowling cats The ring intact A proven fact The witches prance Their coven dance Night approaches Dark encroaches Virgin ready Knife held steady Plunges down In blood to drown Image by Kayla Maurais [...]

2022-04-10T19:27:29-05:00March 26th, 2022|Ed Asteroid Issue Zero, Fiction, Poetry|

Indigestion

Silas yelled through the bars, “I told you they weren't no DTs. The boy’s spewing flames!” The young carnie sat in the opposite corner of the cell, both hands covering his mouth. “I ain't the one swiggin’ Sterno.” Silas threw down the blanket. “Put me in with the murderer. I'll be safer there.”

2022-03-27T15:52:55-05:00March 26th, 2022|Ed Asteroid Issue Zero, Fiction, Stories, Uncategorized|

A Trail Of Dust

We were heading to Grampa and Gramma Kellan’s place for the holidays. Gramma would slip us some hard candy before Grampa took us back with him to “earn our keep” by sweeping, picking up tools, or playing around in the barn while he finished his work. “Don't touch it,” he'd warn us. “No time today for the Moon.”

2022-03-30T10:35:04-05:00March 26th, 2022|Ed Asteroid Issue Zero, Fiction, Stories|

Pale Blue Dot

by Mara G. Shearer Photo by Greg Rakozy Mara G. Shearer – Mara was a precocious child and learned how to anagram at age 5, the same year she won a poetry competition in the local paper and was published for the first time. It was downhill from [...]

2022-04-10T19:30:22-05:00March 26th, 2022|Ed Asteroid Issue Zero, Fiction, Poetry|

Naughty

The fairies were only supposed to come for “naughty children.” They didn’t, however, see fit to exclude entirely age-appropriate expressions of toddler frustration from their definition. Marsha’s fate had been sealed with the very first “No fair!” of the day.

2022-03-30T10:36:12-05:00March 26th, 2022|Ed Asteroid Issue Zero, Fiction, Stories|

The Darkness Of Snow

Yuki took another sip of hot buttered rum. She stared at Gerald, the man she’d chosen for this portion of her life. Her eyes wandered from the man sitting next to her, to a different gentleman across the room. The man sat alone staring at the fire.

2022-03-30T10:36:55-05:00March 26th, 2022|Ed Asteroid Issue Zero, Fiction, Stories|

The Earthmen Are Coming, the Earthmen Are Coming

Maria Purificación Jerónimo, B. Eng., dry spat at the bright point centered on her singleship’s main screen. The offset of the methane spectral lines confirmed this was the Earther starship braking ass-backwards on its fusion drive. The incoming squad of mercenaries was spoiling for a fight with her Alpha Centauri home, riding their engine’s blue flame like one ginormous ignited fart.

2022-03-31T21:40:45-05:00March 26th, 2022|Ed Asteroid Issue Zero, Fiction, Stories|

The Sirena™ Interview

During the initial descent towards the reef, my guide from Dive Sirena™ -- who has asked me to call her Fabiana -- is slightly impatient, only a twitch at the tip of her fin giving away her mood. She wants to get to the good stuff, the bright coral reef that lies beneath the crystal clarity of the Caribbean.

2022-03-28T18:53:08-05:00March 26th, 2022|Ed Asteroid Issue Zero, Fiction, Stories|
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