by Yuriko Toru (百合子 亨) The Eclipse Festival was a prestigious event, Piper reminded himself determinedly. The colony on the moon was hosting an enormous party to brighten up the dark, and supplying free room, board, and transportation to all their prospective entertainment. An invitation to perform was not the kind of invitation one could […]
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21
Aug
Sacrifice
by Hiwaru Kibi (火悪 木美) Silviestro was going to die. He had known this for nearly a year now, ever since the astrologers had checked their charts and calculated the dates, then pointed to the calendar at what would be his twenty-second birthday. He’d been reminded of it in every plate of food brought […]
21
Aug
Shadow of Hyakinthos
by Iron Eater Read this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. Love0
24
Jul
Meeting the New Princess
by Iron Eater Read this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. Love0
24
Jul
Picked Up Along the Way
by Okō ( 織工) Morgan’s present caught up with him one afternoon while he sat in the local park and watched a pair of old men play chess, studiously ignoring the hipster moms and their screaming children on the tiny jungle gym to his left. The neighborhood was gentrifying slowly enough that Morgan could still […]
24
Jul
Totally Stoned
by Houndstooth illustrated by Iron Eater “I know, I know, I’m trying to relax,” Bryce muttered, grinding the palm of their hand across their temple. “I wasn’t expecting… God, there are so many people here.” Truth be told, Aadyl wasn’t feeling completely confident either. Only a couple thin layers of velvet curtain separated them […]
24
Jul
The False Prince and the True
by shukyou (主教) illustrated by beili The throne room looked different from this angle: an inch or so off the floor, with a guardsman’s shiny leather boot pressed against the back of his neck. It was a fine angle from whence to observe the delicate work and mother-of-pearl inlay. It was a terrible angle from […]
24
Jul
Inherit, Imbue
by TK Hoshikuzu (TK 星屑) His parents had warned Mir not to stray into the origin forest. Though it was the source of all magic, like the sun, it was dangerous in proximity. He hated disappointing his parents anyway, but he had seen the horrific results of the travelers that dared to enter it. […]
24
Jul
Home from Abroad
by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) “Good god,” I said as I stepped through the door and put my briefcase down. “I never thought it would end up finding being bowed to tedious.” I collapsed heavily onto the sofa, loosening my tie and rolling my neck. “Not that all the bowing in return made it any better. […]
24
Jul
Unlocked
by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三) Jai let his overnight bag bounce on the bed with a careless jingle of souvenir charms as he darted across the room to the wall of windows. “Will you just look at that. Isn’t it spectacular?” Alyxi closed and locked the door and waved a hand over the light holo. […]
20
Jun
Much and Many: Or, the Death of Thomas Rust
by Ogiwara Saki (荻原咲) Hawthorne was dead and Thomas was dying; here indeed, he thought, was the beginning of the slow passage of magic from England. Well, it could not be helped. Hawthorne’s death was undeniably a shame as the Duke of Forget-Me-Not had been a stalwart general in the ongoing fairy civil war. […]
20
Jun
Scotland Shenanigans
by Yuriko Toru (百合子 亨) Alex had never bailed on a camping trip in his life. He’d been raised to be the kind to stick it out, no matter how bad things got, and he’d been fully prepared to let Finn sit in the car while he set up the tent by himself in […]
20
Jun
Risingson
by shukyou (主教) He could remember: four years old, the fruit bowl on the table, anaphylactic shock, being rushed to the doctor, a bustle of injections and barked instructions, his father’s nervous pacing, the doctor’s mechanical eyes — and then, when it was all done, a stern, clear lecture about how he was never […]
20
Jun
One May Hide Another
by Okō 織工 Nikolai Mikhailovich Kudryavtsev is drafted to the NHL in 2004 and signed to the New York Rangers. His mama cries, because New York is an enormous city, so much larger than Chelyabinsk, and it’s halfway around the world, but she looks relieved, too, because her baby will be safer there, and they […]
20
Jun
Conbadge of Honor
written and illustrated by Iron Eater “I feel too old for this,” said Ross as he watched yet another white college kid in a brightly-colored animal head pass through the registration area. There was a seemingly endless supply of them and he knew they all went to louder parties than he did. He felt Chet […]
