Author

David Steffen

David Steffen lives in a mythical land guarded by an army of vicious attack penguins, where dogs outnumber the people and pigs sleep in the bathtubs. You can find his fiction at Bull Spec, Digital Science Fiction, Pseudopod, and Brain Harvest, among others. Besides his writing, he is also a software engineer, and the editor of Diabolical Plots nonfiction zine, where you can find interviews and reviews of all things in the realm of speculative fiction, including reviews of Daily Science Fiction (those written by Frank Dutkiewicz). Find it at DiabolicalPlots.com.

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Coin Op

***Editor's Note: Adult Story with Mature themes*** The android reached for its tie. "Do you wish to begin? Ten cents." Rhonda nodded. She'd never done anything like this, but her girlfriends had pooled five hundred dollars for her thirtieth birthday to send her here to the…

This Is Your Problem, Right Here

"This is your problem, right here." The plumber's deep voice resounded from beneath the maintenance hatch by the main pool at Cascade Reef waterpark. "You've only got one troll left. For a pool this big, you need fifty minimum, seventy-five if you want everything to run…

The Quest Unusual

Matthew spent half the morning removing rocks from the western fields before he felt the first rumblings through the soles of his feet. He looked up to see a cloud of dust moving quickly down the dirt road in his direction. The ground shook harder and harder as it approached…