Tower of Mud and Straw II: The Adversary – Yaroslav Barsukov
The hammer fell in an arrhythmic pulse, like an old man’s heart, skipping a punch each time the chisel it hit dropped another inch into the device.
Stories with accompanying podcasts
Holding – John Adams
I never cared much about cars as a kid—never cared much about anything Dad liked.
Cactus and Lizard – Hannah Costelle
The city shimmered as though it were under an ocean instead of in a barren desert.
Good Boy – M. Douglas White
I was once loved and then discarded, and now I watch over the remnants of a broken species.
Tower of Mud and Straw I – Yaroslav Barsukov
Shea Ashcroft stepped from a carriage into the low-lit cul-de-sac as a mongrel lifted its door knocker of a head from a garbage pile.