A journal of long-form literary genre fiction published three times a year. Featuring eight tales of the speculative, the strange, the peculiar, and the curious that don't quite fit in with the mainstream.In this issue: The Boy With Clouds In His Eyes: When the clouds rain wine instead of water, a young boy's ability to predict the weather places his family in danger.An Oral History of the Crash of the Pisces: A group of people contend with a first-contact crash landing just before their lunch break.Vali of the Swamp: An orphan thief discovers a terrible secret about his family after his pursuers drive him deeper into the swamp.These and other stories await

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents...May 2019

Literature & Fiction

O'Brien, Anna

Girod, Gary

Vincent, Timothy

Tanquary, Nicole

Hackenberger, BIll

Parmar, Suri

Selig, Giles

Deenihan, Kevin

Short Stories & Anthologies

Independently published

They call it the "Manhattan Miracle." Half a century after the buildings of New York City sank beneath the rising seas, human ingenuity raises them up again, and the city is finally returning to prosperity... or is it? The economy might be revitalized, but Mayor Sophia Ramos knows that the Miracle is only a stopgap solution. Crippling debt and a surge in crime from the Boroughs threatens to sink the city as surely as the waves did, and to Mayor Ramos, only an even more radical idea is the solution. As Manhattan's elite are targeted by a vast underground criminal empire, however, the city threatens to fall apart before she can enact its daring rescue. A world-famous gonzo journalist, an engineer who helped bring about the Miracle, and the chief of police butt heads over the mayor's solution. Meanwhile, two Boroughs cops fighting with their own demons and city-wide apathy for their home struggle to bring order into a place rapidly falling under martial law. In the end, who will stand atop America's tallest buildings?

The Maiden Voyage of New York City

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Brain Lag

From a desert of sand to a desert of ice... Avizeh Fatah is about to be married off to a local warlord in western Afghanistan when she suddenly finds herself outside a top-secret American military base in Antarctica. From there, hardened troops teleport instantly to danger zones around the world to combat terrorism. Yet as an Afghan national who doesn't speak a word of English, she is a dangerous liability to the army presence there. Confined to the base for days that last years, Avizeh makes tentative friends and hones her burgeoning skills in hacking. Desperate for real human connection and news of her family, she makes a mistake that sets her life on a course she never imagined. Wholly at the mercy of the U.S. government, Avizeh travels from New York to India to Australia, uncovering secrets, a new way of looking at the world, and love. And just maybe, a way to fight back.

The Afghan Wedding

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

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