Kelsey Allen: Heartbeat

A strange attractor is the state the system tends toward for a variety of starting conditions. Somehow, however you start you end up in the same place. Fate can feel like a whirlpool in other words. Today, Kelsey Allen’s short fiction “Heartbeat“:

Kelsey Allan - Heartbeat[sample]

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Daniel W. Thompson: Yes, I Know, How, When, Okay

The trains are coming off the tracks and the roads are sinking into the bogs these days, and here’s a flash to carry among the trees, Daniel W. Thompson’s “Yes, I Know, How, When, Okay” from Storm Cellar 4.3:

Daniel W. Thompson - Yes, I Know, How, When, Okay[sample]

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