An Online Magazine ofLiterary Adventure Fantasy
Issue #30 -- Nov. 19, 2009
Also available in PDF and PRC ebook file formats, downloadable from the Issue's Table of Contents.
"The Manufactory," by Dru Pagliassotti
Harvesting the bodies meant taking a few risks, but it was easy enough for a steady man who did his research and kept himself sober, and anatomists always needed fresh bodies to dissect. And if we dug up a not-so-fresh body, well, wigmakers and dentists pay well for human hair and teeth. We’d lived well back then, Bet and me, and we'd planned to give our baby girl everything she wanted. But then the Anatomy Act passed and the demand for bodies plummeted.
"The Book Thief," by Jennifer Greylyn
I’d almost managed to relax when I smelled the perfume. It clung to the blankets. A cheap floral scent. Violets maybe. I kicked the blankets off, but I could still smell it. I’d had a woman here. Probably a woman I had paid. A whore. And I couldn’t remember that?
Audio Fiction Podcast 027
"Great, Golden Wings ," by Rachel Swirsky, from BCS #28
Lady Percivalia pressed her hand over her mouth, castigating herself for speaking. She hadn't meant to say anything. She didn't want Lady Harrah to realize that she hadn't accompanied her here week after week because she was fascinated by the cinematographist's good looks. She didn't want to lure him into her bedchamber so that she could boast about it later to the other court ladies. She only wanted to watch the beautiful things he made.
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