Frostfree
Appliance salesman Roy Tabak discovers an unfamiliar refrigerator in his kitchen. He
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It’s Very Clean
A heavy-set woman welcomes Miles to her brothel. To set her young
Going to the Beach
A destitute worker reflects on his high school teacher and her promise
Loco Parentis
A nurse deposits a ten-month-old boy with a new mother and father.
Unrequited Love
The author prefaces his confession, citing good intentions despite harm brought to
Thou Spark of Blood
Gibson wakes to find Commander Lorenz asleep and Major Cappio dead, his
The Green Wall Said
Five human beings find themselves seated in a semicircular room and surrounded
Mountains Like Mice
In a walled courtyard of the academy, Otho the Captive dyes Dirk’
Last Drink Bird Head
A fiction writer reflects on a bygone era of cocktails with fanciful
The Last Casualty of Cambrai
A young woman and her companion examine a three-quarter-size mannequin of a
The Largest Luger
Pitney Philips meets in his San Antonio office with firearms dealer Orville
Volksweapon
Game warden Wilt Smythe examines the body of a dead girl sprawled