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Karen Heuler

Karen Heuler's stories have appeared in over 50 literary and speculative journals and anthologies, including Clarkesworld, Weird Tales, and Fantasy Magazine. Her third novel, "The Made-Up Man," will be published by Livingston Press this December.

My Life as a Rattler

***Editor's Note: Adult Story*** It all began in an innocent way. Judith was walking outside the perimeter of her property and dumping weeds and kitchen scraps and branches in the forest, which sloped up and away from her garden, rolling through trees and branches and grasses up…

The Alien Came over the Hill

The alien came over the hill elongated, with a gravity belt, leaving behind all thoughts of home, armed to the teeth, scared and young. All superior officers dead; not sure of her mission; wishing for home. The alien came over the hill straight into someone else's war. They…

Space Mama

Dear Space Mama, I joined an exploratory company about ten years ago, and have been traveling ever since. Lately, I met a being on Celsia 9 who exists midway between a corporeal and non-corporeal state. That is, he/she/it (undetermined) feels more like liquid than solid and is…

The Large People

Patricia Sweetman saw a bowler hat on the ground, its rim resting against the surface. She went to it, bent over, and studied it. There was dirt in the crease on top, more dirt on the sides, but for all that it looked fresh and unharmed. She reached out and lightly brushed off…

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