Microchimerism: the presence in the host body of a small number of distinct genetic cells that originated from another.Mel only knows pain. She’s forgotten the astringent shock of antiseptic that earlier made her feel like vomiting. Gone is the sterile white room without windows, the hard metal bed, more suited to a cell or a…
Filed under: Schwartz, Viktor, disappearance of; Cojocaru, Liviu, disappearance ofOral Statement by Justin Francis ClaxtonRecorded by Officer Andrew Whittaker, Jr. at Brookhaven Police HeadquartersTown of Brookhaven, MassachusettsThursday, December 8, 2011I know this is an investigation, but seriously, we all know Viktor killed himself. I hate to say it, because he wasn’t a bad kid. And…
The copier grew tired of copying,made a terrible, sick soundand died.I told my friends the poem wasblurry because the copier weptwhile reading it.That poem ruined the world,it made everyone shy.Now I’ve ruined the poem,there’s nothing leftbut a knight sticking his swordin a snail.One by one away they walked and went to their carsand every one…
Her father stands at the kitchen sink, one long hand holding the wet wound on the back of his head. In the other is a serrated knife. His gray hair is blood-soaked, and there’s a dark stain growing on his shirt collar. She asks her father about the wound. She asks him about the knife.Without…
Dear lovely reader,Allow me to introduce you to the strange book in your hands. Perhaps you’re a long-time reader of F(r)iction, receiving this as a part of your annual subscription. Maybe you spotted the colorful cover in your bookstore and wondered what a woman in a coat of clouds was doing among all those conventional…