by Shiawasena Ryokō-sha Read this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. 29 Vasan, 1372 To Dane Journey-Mage, It’s been some weeks without hearing from you. Have the highlands been treating you properly? How goes the search for the Dead God? While I did not want to disturb your packing to tell you so, […]
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Feb
Mending Porch
by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三) Read this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. So I know it’s been a while Keith looked down at the screen, frowning. His phone wasn’t attempting a guess at the unknown sender, not even providing an initial in the generic silhouette in front of the number. Not a […]
21
Feb
moon language, et cetera
by Lee Gabrielle Crow Read this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. April truly is the rainiest month. Of course, the Crescent City is no stranger to moisture – a city built atop a swamp on the Mississippi’s mouth, gradually sinking ever lower until one day, the sandbags won’t work and the levees will […]
21
Feb
The Screwup Letters
by Togi Kayako (土宜草子) Read this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. A letter, rolled up and tied with an uneven twine bow that smells vaguely of meat. The text is scribbled in multiple colours of crayon across the back of several pages of a child’s maths worksheets. My dearest, most darling Nella, I […]
21
Feb
Caked
by CircleTime Read this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. The city marketplace was thronged with people of all kinds – as was typical for an early morning at the start of the week. Freddy made his way through the busy streets, passing by stall after stall, suppressing a flinch every time someone stepped […]
21
Feb
(unsent)
by shukyou (主教) illustrated by KMO Read this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. December 2, 1962 Dear Calvin, Congratulations on your upcoming marriage! I hope that you and Michelle — December 2, 1962 Dear Calvin, Congratulations on your upcoming marriage! I hope that you and Madeline will be very happy together […]
20
Dec
Wild
by shukyou (主教) See this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. In the dream, she’s always running. Her bare feet hammer against the forest floor, its hard-packed surface overgrown with pine needles and moss. In the distance, the blast of a hunter’s horn rolls across the heavens like the world is ending. She has […]
20
Dec
Changing Careers
by CircleTime See this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. The dim twilight slipped lazily through the wide, heavy boughs of the trees, casting long, deep shadows throughout the woods. The Shrouded Forest earned its name from this very phenomenon – the way that darkness fell early in the evening and blanketed the […]
20
Dec
The Professional Mary-Ann
by Renaissance Makoto J. (ルネサンス・真・J) See this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. Scotty turned in a circle and gave an appreciative whistle. It echoed back down because the space was so large that sound played tricks. “Wow! Look at this place! What the heck did you do for this guy? This is some […]
20
Dec
Cathexis
by Togi Kayako (土宜草子) illustrated by The Winter Cynic See this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. I slam my study door behind me with more force than necessary, cutting off Andy’s plaintive meows. My hands are clenched too hard on my phone, and they shake a little as I dial Will’s number. He […]
20
Dec
Pyroclastic Flow
written and illustrated by Iron Eater See this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. The too-smooth spire of the tower sliced against the midmorning sky like the snapped-off trunk of a sapling, and even after all this time Riaag never liked fully turning his back to it. He hated that fucking thing. Sagas loved […]
