“After the Robbery” by Aaron Fox-Lerner

Robbing the liquor store went well. Took less than a minute. Alex didn’t even need to shoot his gun at all . . .

“Fade Out” by Paul D. Marks

Fade in:

Flat on my back in the middle of one of the most famous intersections in the world, Hollywood and Vine. Cars slalom around me. Finally, it becomes clear, like a fade-in from a bad movie: what it all means. The pictures run through my mind at twenty-four frames per second . . .

“Ilyeana” by Sharon Millar

When the young soucouyant first realised there was a baby growing in her, she held the thought in her head tightly, boxing it in the same way you might wrap a pastelle: fold one side over and seal before folding the other side . . .

“Bluff Creek” by Kathleen McElligott

My fiancé Jeff offered up his family’s hunting cabin in northern California so I could finish my novel. No phone, Internet, or TV . . .

Nina Revoyr: Digit, e-book sale, and more!

The Age of Dreaming by Nina Revoyr is available for only $2.99 wherever e-books are sold for the month of August. Click for details on this e-book sale, along with details on a print sale as well as our special Nina Revoyr Digit, featuring excerpts from all four of Nina Revoyr’s Akashic titles.

“In the Covered Bridge” by Hallie Price

My life seemed great in college . . .

“Heavy Debt” by Craig Faustus Buck

Jack MacHugo took a swig of Hammerhead Amber and said, “You’ll pay me and you’ll fucking like it, even if you have to sell off your precious . . .” He choked as his beer went down the wrong pipe, but Stan Mulalap knew J-Mack was about to say piss hole, the term he always used for the island’s ancient doughnut-shaped stone money. The worthless sot always repeats himself, thought Mulalap. Like a parrot with Alzheimer’s . . .

“Feeding the Spirits” by Katia D. Ulysse

Everyone knew. My mother never tried to hide who she was . . .