Ex Nihilo (The Jogger)

A pre-publication first look at the short story by E. Fox, in the upcoming anthology from our imprint, Ink Tone. Curated by River Alison.For details, join our list. Enjoy? Leave a tip.Explicit & Trigger Content Warning The Little Things Mike had these dreams at night. They would often start the same, coming back into her apartment fromContinue reading “Ex Nihilo (The Jogger)”

99 Ways To Die

A pre-publication first look at the short story by Rendell Deni, in the upcoming anthology from our imprint, Ink Tone. Curated by Ash Ari.For details, join our list. Enjoy? Leave a tip. 1. I was thirteen in 1995, the first time I decided to die young. Walking out of the warm University Street theater withContinue reading “99 Ways To Die”

Oil & Water

1 Falling – like the bass drops in a good slow-banger, or a spirit broken – falling like tension in a dim club when the rhythm picks up – the sensation was unmistakably like falling. A few of us were dancing, thick kids and punks with dreadlocks, long fingers lit up at their tips withContinue reading “Oil & Water”

Katana Wakizashi

Light in Hand Teaser from the Upcoming Novel by Joshua Stelling Arch & Gravity Publishing, 2021 I am the song of mercy, death. I am the one that moves over these desolate roofs, flat like the night, under low clouds.  Everything, once, was the new world.  Before the Night came though I was like anybodyContinue reading “Katana Wakizashi”

Genex of Halcyon

Teaser Selections from the Novel by Joshua Stelling Genex of Halcyon On sale at this link for just $4.99 The novel is also available HERE, via Amazon or Barnes & Noble Arch & Gravity Publishing 2019 “A soaring vision of the near future. Genex of Halcyon is, quite simply, an outstanding literary work of sci-fi that pushesContinue reading “Genex of Halcyon”

What I Am

Flash Fiction by Joshua Stelling Arch & Gravity Publishing 2002, 2021 Blood is red. Eyes are blue; even dead eyes keep their color, even though they can’t see anything anymore. They are still tired looking, still old. Cheeks are rosy, even if it is just the rose of blush. Things are easy to understand sometimes.Continue reading “What I Am”

Get Thee Behind Me

Meditative Fiction by Joshua Stelling Arch & Gravity Publishing – 2013, 2021 A moment of clarity, as defined, for the streak of light that is a cloud.  It hovers of its own weight, but is not of its own.  Sunset is a string of such moments, frozen then but not alone.  Blue of cotton, whiteContinue reading “Get Thee Behind Me”