Featured Friday: Sanguinaria

BY R. M. RIDLEY There was something about the way she moved that made Jonathan sit up and take notice, and it wasn’t the sway of her hips. She had a lithe economy of motion that made his fight-or-flight response vibrate more than a spider’s web in fish-fly...

Featured Friday: Postmortem

BY J. AUREL GUAY “The Death of Dr. Marcus Wells” appeared in Shades and Shadows: a Paranormal Anthology (2013) Epilogue: It was late when Emily tiptoed into the room. Unlike most of the other rooms in the abandoned monastery, this one was well-lit. Several...

Featured Friday: Genesis

BY BEN IRELAND This is the story of where Kingdom City came from. I don’t think it’s the right way—perhaps not even the ideal way—for a story to come about, but it’s the way it happened. I didn’t have a character, fully formed, walk into my...

Featured Friday: A Family Reunion

Editor’s note: enjoy a bonus short story from this week’s X-author. BY S. P. MOUNT Christmas. A time of the year when most families get together whether they want to or not. A time when most of the world slows down so that loved ones can rekindle old...

Featured Friday: Over the Wall

THE COMING OF THE SECOND STORM BY R. A. SMITH I cheerfully volunteered to do the Featured Friday this week, in the knowledge that the day is a very important one for me, especially in my X-history (or X-story, if some of you prefer). For today is the day that Book...