Genre Agnostic Speculative Fiction
Thursday Escapes: Terminalia
Kari’s fantasy short story Terminalia is available on this website for one week only!
The perfect house in the city of dreams. A lovely old bungalow on a quiet oak-lined street.
When you live a double life, you never take anything for granted. Kelly Webb finally feels safe.
Until nighttime, when all but Kelly’s name changes.
An enchanting tale of the crossroads between science and magic.
Check back next week for Jason’s short horror tale Oppositional!
Thursday Escapes: Cupids
Jason A. Adams’ pulpy science fiction short story is available free on this site for one week only!
Sometimes you get more than you bargained for.
Castros Bianchi lives for his Menagerie.
His vast fortune now buys the rarest specimens of the galaxy’s diverse life forms.
An old collector. A private moon. A cherub run amok.
Come along for a delightful romp reminiscent of pulp’s Golden Age.
Check back next week for Terminalia by Kari Kilgore, and happy reading!
Thursday Escapes: The Sound of Murder
Kari Kilgore’s near future Mystery story The Sound of Murder is available free on this site for one week only!
Self-improvement can be deadly.
Insurance agency programmer Dana Sanderson only wants peace and quiet at work. A desire her micromanaging boss somehow never respects.
Then the investigation of a rash of suspicious natural death claims lands on Dana’s laptop.
Failure means huge payouts for the company. Success means a huge bonus for her.
Find out if Dana’s risks outweigh her rewards in this clever digital mystery.
Check back next week for Jason’s pulpy Science Fiction Tale Cupids!
Thursday Escapes: Angel of Mercy
Jason A. Adams’ New Orleans historical mystery short story is available free on this site for one week only!
In a time of jazz and bootleg liquor, Death stalks New Orleans.
Captain Ted Mooney of the NOPD loves his city, and hates those who make trouble for its citizens.
In the alleys and flophouses, people keep dying in suspicious ways.
Ted must root out the cause of these mysterious deaths.
And he must face a difficult question: Who decides right and wrong?
Check back next week for The Sound of Murder by Kari Kilgore, and happy reading!
Thursday Escapes: Wicked Bone
Kari Kilgore’s eerie Contemporary Fantasy short story Wicked Bone (starring Spiral Publishing’s own gorgeous black cat) is available free on this site for one week only!
Katie fell in love with Pashmina at first sight.
Luminous green eyes. Silken black fur. A purr like a belly full of bumblebees.
Pashmina, of course, knows which humans to trust. She shows her trust like all cats. With offerings from her hunts.
And like all cats, Pashmina keeps her secrets to herself.
Find out what happens when Katie learns Pashmina’s favorite secret.
Travel to New Orleans next week with Jason’s Historical Mystery Angel of Mercy.
Thursday Escapes: GS-304
Jason A. Adams’ Science Fiction short story GS-304 is available free on this site for one week only!
A-Hunting They Did Go
Mighty explorers of the galaxy Portarr and Flandarr inspect a non-descript watery planet in G-Sector.
What they discover changes their lives.
GS-304, the specimen that refuses to be a subject.
Join the intrepid adventurers as they discover a strange beast that conquers their hearts.
Check back next week for Wicked Bone by Kari Kilgore, and happy reading!
