Author
Helena Leigh Bell
Helena Bell graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in 2008 with an MFA in Poetry and now lives in St. Louis where she attends Washington University School of Law. Her poems have appeared in Rattle, Strange Horizons, and Pedestal Magazine; this is her first fiction sale.
The Things They Were Not Allowed to Carry
Year Zero Pilot Martha Stevenson could not bring her mother's piano, its keys yellowed and stained. Her husband chided her as she brushed away the dust, telling it goodbye. "You never play," George said. "You won't miss it." Martha's fingers hovered over the C minor 7th chord,…
Migrating Bears
Joseph Godfrey believes himself to be the son of Bluebeard. How else can he explain the parade of women's bodies in his bedroom closet, hanging there like limp socks. Only it is not many women, but one: his mother, who died weeks ago but keeps coming back. He has found her…