by Okamoto Shin illustrated by beili (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/341415.html) It started with my sister, Clementina Demetria Winslow, the poor thing, although we all called her Dot. As the youngest, Dot had always felt it incumbent on herself to be the biggest flirt out of the five of us. Although our older brother Randolph set quite the […]
Category Archives: Bang*Bang no. 63
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Nov
Tam Lin
by Grassy Mud (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/341670.html) The trees were budding with the beginnings of spring, the snow just melting on the ground. In the trees, the birds sang merry tunes, and the squirrels chittered through the boughs. Marcus trod through the woods, his boots leaving wet prints in the muddied ground. The young man wore a […]
3
Nov
Mad Dog
by Akirako (明楽) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/344017.html) Simon left for his week long trip and it took Tiber at least three days before it dawned on him. Something felt wrong. Simon’s scent was fading from the town, and it maddened him. He tried to go into Simon’s store – bad idea. Gabe’s smell was everywhere over Simon’s, […]
3
Nov
We Disappoint, We Disappear
by shukyou (主教) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/342735.html) He had just fallen asleep when he heard the voice. He opened his eyes in the all-but-dark room, lit murky beige from the streetlight outside the curtained window. There was a figure standing in the corner, strange and familiar at once, and unmistakably human. It didn’t move in any direction, […]
3
Nov
Logging in Old Algonquin
by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/342896.html) Duncan loved Algonquin Park at this time of year. The summer campers and the mosquitos had cleared out, and it was quiet during the week; the nights were cool and the days were golden. He’d scored a campsite at the secluded end of the radio-free zone looking out […]
2
Nov
The Height at Five Nights
by TK Hoshikuzu (TK 星屑) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/342093.html) Staring at the beautiful autumn sky helped Oscar space out and forget the tension in the car. He had given up trying to figure out Damien’s state of mind. Before they opened the doors of the Corolla ’02, his shaggy-haired lover voiced his enthusiasm for their first trip […]
2
Nov
Rites of the Witch Boy
by H.P. Lovecock (力。下。愛ちんちん) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/343090.html) “I can’t quite describe what I saw that night on All Hallow’s Eve, it was something so marvelous and terrible and unspeakable. The more I focus on it the more something in my mind seems to push back against it, like some force outside of my mind doesn’t want […]
2
Nov
Definitions of Descent, and the Question of Recovery
by L. Rae illustrated by cloven (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/343353.html) “Hey, Nico. On your left. That’s the one.” Jeremy shoulders the other boy, nodding his head towards the small room off the church foyer. Against the remaining shreds of floral wallpaper, a figure turns towards their voices before flickering out of existence. A bare lightbulb sparks to […]
2
Nov
Tent Shenanigans
by Yuriko Toru (百合子 亨) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/344183.html) “I fucking hate camping,” Finn announced, for probably the thirtieth time. Stretched out on a sleeping bag with his legs crossed at the ankle, Alex sighed, similarly repetitive. “Not my fault it’s snowing,” he pointed out, because clearly the message hadn’t sunk in the first twenty-nine times. “Why […]
2
Nov
The Vector
by T.F. Grognon (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/342492.html) Perched on his back steps like enormous carrion birds, heads tipped together in consultation, the Jays are waiting for Rashard when he gets home. He stayed late at work again, then took his time at the grocery store, so it has been dark for a while now. When his headlights […]
2
Nov
Teind
(mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/344622.html) They lied to me, said Lenny, though since it was a dream he didn’t use words to do it. I knew they were lying but I didn’t know how much. Mack wanted to rub his eyes, or lift a hand, or at least somehow react to seeing Lenny again, but he couldn’t do […]
2
Nov
The Other Monster
by Juou no zan (女王のザン) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/345008.html) There was a monster on the ground at Sam Steel’s feet. It was naked and flushed, and looked exactly like a human except for the horns and tail curling out from its skull and spine respectively. And, arguably, the look on its face. Someone was speaking to Derek. […]
2
Nov
Raincoats and Rolling Pins
(mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/345131.html) “Why do I have to be the one to take the soup over to Grandma?” Conor eyed the wicker picnic basket on the table, a deep frown pulling at the corners of his lips. “I only came here to visit, and I really need to get back into town before work tomorrow. Doesn’t […]
