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    That Man Behind the Curtain: May 2017

    by  • June 20, 2017 • Man Behind the Curtain • 0 Comments

    Dawn @ Capital Indie Book Con 2

    May was about finalizing story selections for Utter Fabrication. A lot of payments went out related to that. The Money Aspect Amounts in parentheses are losses/expenses. Hosting: ($17.06) Stories: ($2,189.00) Art: ($224.96) Advertising: ($40.00) Processing Fees: ($52.58) Printing: ($25.02) Donations: $43.71 Ad Revenue: $0.75 Physical Sales: $44.80 Online Book Sales: $37.72 Total: ($2,459.36) QTD:...

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    The Fatalism of the Automatons

    by  • June 19, 2017 • Fiction • 0 Comments

    Art for "The Fatalistic Automatons"

    An account by Captain Walter Budanov and Samuel Walter, as provided by Jon Hartless Art by Amanda Jones Captain Budanov’s diary, whaling vessel Demeter. October 4th, 1886 Three months now in these ice floes. Petersburg seems but a distant memory, one I despised when there with its drinking and dancing and shallow fun. But...

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    The New OPEC

    by  • May 29, 2017 • Fiction • 0 Comments

    An essay by Ollie Garky, brought to our attention by E. B. Fischadler Art by Luke Spooner Mr. (or Ms.) President: I have an important proposal for the leaders of the western nations. If they are wise enough to adopt my plan, the West can establish control over the world’s economy and have the...

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    The Fissure of Rolando

    by  • May 22, 2017 • Fiction • 0 Comments

    Art for "The Fissure of Rolando"

    An essay by Euphemia Thorniwork, as provided by Judith Field Art by Scarlett O’Hairdye November, 1890 A splash of water in my face brought me round. I opened my eyes and sat up to find myself in the lecture theatre of Huxley College, Oxford, where a mathematics lecture was in progress. Spaulding, my fellow...

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    That Man Behind the Curtain: April 2017

    by  • May 18, 2017 • Man Behind the Curtain • 0 Comments

    Table at Pulicon

    April was the hard push at reading slush, and very little else was accomplished. Here’s what the numbers looked like. The Money Aspect Amounts in parentheses are losses/expenses. Hosting: ($17.06) Stories: ($75.00) Art: ($582.08) Advertising: ($30.00) Processing Fees: ($26.49) Conventions: ($80.00) Donations: $38.71 Ad Revenue: $0.48 Kickstarter: $22.00 Physical Sales: $146.00 Online Book Sales: $41.09...

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    Lily in the Moonlight

    by  • May 8, 2017 • Fiction • 0 Comments

    Art for "Lily in the Moonlight"

    An account by Professor Fia McCauley, as told to Maureen Bowden Art by Luke Spooner My namesake, Saint Fiacra, is the patron saint of gardeners, so I was destined to be a botanist. I specialised in lilies, the loveliest of flowers, but their beauty has too brief a life before it suffers, in Shakespeare’s words,...

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    Waiting

    by  • May 1, 2017 • Fiction • 0 Comments

    Art for "Waiting"

    An essay by Riley, as provided by Eddie Newton Art by Amanda Jones Waiting. Always something difficult for me. I am more of an instant gratification kind of personality. But I learned a long time ago that there are some things worth waiting for. All sorts of people waited. A septuagenarian with a deviated...

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