January 26: Deborah Walker
January 26, 2012
Staring into my master’s mirror. Seeking my future in the glass. Bleeding fingers grasping my fate in fragile, alien technology.
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Deborah thinks, least said, soonest mended. Find her @deboree
January 24: Evert Asberg
January 24, 2012
The skeptic took pictures of the beautiful landscape of Yellowstone. He went home, photoshopped away the UFOs and had his poster developed.
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Evert Asbert envies me, wants to be me or even thinks he’s me. Anyway, he sleeps with my wife.
New Editor Stephen V. Ramey!
January 15, 2012
Hello dear readers,
I am sad to say that I am stepping down as Editor. However, I am very, very happy to announce that Stephen V. Ramey will be taking over as Editor-in-Chief. Stephen’s work has been published in this space many times and I feel that he will be able to take this magazine to the next level of excellence.
It has been wonderful experience reading all of your submissions and spreading our speculative and surreal words around. I am happy to step down knowing that trapeze will continue with one of its most prominent contributors at the wheel.
Again, thank you all for your support.
Happy reading!
Sincerely,
Jessica Otto
January 14: Angel Zapata
January 15, 2012
His experimental pesticides had worked. Fruits and vegetables grew hungry, came alive. It was a bad day to be human in the produce aisle.
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This story originally appeared as a finalist for the 2010 NYC Midnight “tweet me a story” contest.
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Angel Zapata @AngelZapata scribbles all over the place. He also edits @5x5Fiction 25-word stories told in 5 sentences of 5 words each.
January 12: Neil Weston
January 12, 2012
Ship’s captain, seeing the lighthouse blink, changed course, crashed into rocks. The firefly, sniggering, flew from the wheelhouse window.
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Neil Weston, find me at Cuento Mag, twenty20journal, Folded Word: Pic Fic, Eschatology Journal and Infective Ink.
January 10: Shelly Slee
January 10, 2012
The cat looked up and his eyes narrowed. The lid of the box was shut tight. But it would open soon. Then he’d know if he was alive or dead.
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Shelly by name @Bravetank by nature. See http://www.bravetank.wordpress.com
January 7: Celesta Thiessen
January 7, 2012
We are not alone. In a secluded ocean cove I saw eyes the color of deep water. He possessed a foreign beauty. They are real! I saw a human.
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Celesta (@celestathiessen) writes stories and conceives iPhone apps. http://celestathiessen.com/
January 5: A. S. Andrews
January 5, 2012
Nanny bots zip door to door, draining pools, destroying evidence. Smoke fails to register in the mainframe, all relevant sensors silenced.
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A. S. Andrews writes all kinds of things. Visit her @a_s_andrews / http://asandrews.com
January 3: Simon Kewin
January 3, 2012
December 31: Daniel Ausema
January 1, 2012
barbarian hordes always lurk / beyond the border / not because they are / but because we name them so
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Daniel Ausema (@ausema) is a writer and stay-at-home dad. He’s had many publications, including @microcosms, @thaumatrope, and @outshine.
