Author

Rene Sears

Rene Sears is a lifelong word nerd and avid reader. She writes fiction from Birmingham, Alabama, where she resides with her husband and two children. In addition to reading, writing, and child-wrangling, she can be found arranging flowers, painting intermittently, and wielding a mighty embroidery needle. This is her second story with Daily Science Fiction.

An Invasion in Seven Courses

Amuse-bouche: Take one remote coastal castle. Add sea-raiders. Drain the blood of one king. (Arrows, cut throats, or beheadings are all acceptable--ask your butcher.) Send one princess into hiding, garnished with a daring midnight escape. Reserve one queen for later. Salad…

Your New Voice and You

You watch the mermaids swim. Sometimes you think of joining them. They're like parrotfish, bright and pretty. If you joined them, they would scatter like a school of fish when a predator comes along. So you do nothing but watch from the shadows. From there sometimes you see…

Baby Feet

The vitamins stick in my throat worse than the old pre-natals, but I force myself to swallow. The babies need the nutrients, and they'll suck them right out of my body whether there's enough for all three of us or not. I make sure to switch them every time so each child nurses…