One Way Ticket on a Moonbound Train – James Edward O’Brien
Published in The Quiet Reader Edition 2
The EMP Line’s trajectory spanned Nanosuelta’s three moons – an electromagnetic propulsion train that hopscotched from Point A to Point C. Back where humanity came from there had only been one lonely moon, so A, B, and C seemed the most practical way to label them. Fabulosa was half in the bag already. She’d downed a fifth of potato hooch …
Faivish the Imbecile – Robert Bagnall
Published in The Quiet Reader Edition 2
The first thing you need to know about cousin Faivish is that he’s an imbecile. Talk to him at any level above mere inanities and his eyes glaze over after half a sentence. After two, they start to wander about the stockroom. After half a dozen, his head starts to follow, as though his chin is somehow attached to his …