Author
Matt Mikalatos
Lilacs Out of the Dead Land
The seed cost a year's salary. It arrived in a small wooden box, packed in pearl-colored satin. He turned it gently in his palm, where it stuttered against the glint of gold on his finger, polished and nut-brown, with swirls of lighter color. He unfolded the onionskin directions…
Fluency
Corbalk: The conflicting emotions created by First Contact (used especially in reference to a homeworld-centric species). I learned corbalk in the basement pantry, seven years old. The smell of leather and gun oil, my father's skin, pungent with bitter sweat. Sammy crying, his…
Dear 8B
Dear 8B, I may have accidentally laid eggs in a human. What is the proper way to inform him of his impending role as my children's first meal? --Baby Momma Dear Baby Momma, "Accidentally?" I suppose you "accidentally" built a warp drive as a child. Nevertheless, what's done is…
The Vivisection of Sgt. Shane Eastwood
"I believe we have found your temporal lobe, which means you should be receiving translation now." "We call that Wernicke's area," Sgt. Eastwood replied, wondering if the translation went both ways. "Excellent. The contralateral neural control slowed our search." There was a…
Portal Worlds and Your Child: A Parent's Guide (With Examples)
Warning Signs. One in every 250 children experiences inter-dimensional travel before the age of eighteen. Siblings and cousins are 40% more likely to enter another dimension than single children. If you discover your child hiding medieval items (crowns, trumpets, tapestries,…