by Kit Miller ‘Oh, that’s lovely, congratulations,’ Sebastian says after a brief, shocked pause. What he really wants to say is Are you fucking kidding me? Millie, his younger sister, is laughing at the other end of the line. ‘Thank you!’ ‘When did he ask you?’ he asks, resting his forehead against the windowpane in […]
Category Archives: Bang*Bang no. 112
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Dec
Shades of Purple
by Togi Kayako (土宜草子) Golden evening light gave the quiet streets of Oakside a magical glow and damn near blinded Addie as she hunted desperately for a legible building number. She wasn’t even sure she was even on the right street yet. Even getting to Oakside had been a pain, with a missed exit sending […]
29
Dec
Altare Sacrificiorum Columbarum
written and illustrated by Iron Eater ❦ 1 ❦ The pursuit of medical science was an inglorious thing, dealing from challenges in all directions: to the layman, it was a morass of gore and suffering more akin to butcher’s work than healing; to the tradition-minded, it sneered at generations of curated knowledge in the name […]
29
Dec
Chain Reactions
by juou no zan (女王のザン) The part that rankled Radek the most was how he was going to have to ask the Academy doctor for emergency contraception. Radek had always prided himself on being prepared for his endeavors, even after he stopped working as a mercenary and became a teacher. Yet he had been incorrect […]
29
Dec
Of Figures and Fingering Things Out
by Greta Jia-Kang Cabrel “The answer is no,” Hongyu said, her voice ringing out over the post-rehearsal hubbub. She internally winced as everyone else in the early music consort turned toward her to see what was the matter. “It was no last year and the year before, and it’ll be no the next thirty times […]
29
Dec
Your Head, Your Neck, My Hands
by Sylla C. Darkness sits in the meadow and cradles her Sun close enough to her skin to feel her burn. Fire coils around her wrist. Stars die above them in their own fragmented eternity, and flowers bloom, painting the meadow with their patient life, as she sets the last stitch. Dark twine curls its […]
29
Dec
in a hallway, somewhere
by sen no akumu (先の悪夢) Two hours before the wedding, Erhart sneaks off to fuck his guard. He doesn’t even like Siegfried much; the man is big, boorish, dull. He only ever trains, spending hours each day working the sword and the bow and the spear, bullishly instructing the few other soldiers who went with […]
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Nov
Prospective Participants for Bang*Bang 112
This is a signup for the December 30 issue; the text deadline for the issue is Tuesday, December 10 and the art deadline is Saturday, December 28. Please reply to this post if you plan to submit a story or artwork for this issue, indicating whether you are interested in contributing to the issue as an author and/or artist, […]
