“ Rebecca woke up with her knees hurting and her fingers ice-cold, and the specifics of her life returned to her as the dream disappeared: weekend, hotel room, Baguio, memory, memory, memory. Eliza Victoria
“ As the wind continued to howl and groan through her decaying body, she began to sing her story. Ken Liu
“ One day, I decided to be an island. I took off my clothes and walked into the sea, then floated there, bobbing along with the tide, suspended by my inflatable tube and water wings. Ng Yi-Sheng
“ Koji pulled Ruben onto the next cog. Together, they became part of the space between things. Bruce Whatley
“ People won't change until the pain of not changing is greater than the pain changing brings. Just B. Jordan
“ You sit beside the sorcerer, your love, and unzip your ribs. Tucked under your heart is a small oak box, plain and unvarnished. You offer it to the sorcerer. 'I brought this for you. A. Merc Rustad
“ He shook his head again. “I’m afraid I don’t feel much of anything these days. Especially not hope. I have no time or energy to waste on false wishes and dreams that won’t come true.”“Hope isn’t about… Josh Strnad
“ Hades cracked his knuckles on each hand, and the noise was like gunpowder caps exploding in the silence. "First dish duty," he mumbled to himself, "now possessed cowboys. This just isn't my night. Josh Strnad
“ Complete. What an awful word for an infected people, that final, animal stage that was the future of all of them. Chels swallowed, unsure what to say. “That’s…sad. I didn’t even know he was infected.”… Daniel Ausema
“ When she sat down on the tile next to him, unafraid, his kaleidoscope senses drank in the years that had been printed onto her mind before she was old enough to remember, and he told her a story, proj… Mel Paisley
“ The new day is almost here, but the old one is still dragging its heavy skirts. Just as ocean water and river water struggle against each other at a river mouth, the old time and the new time clash an… Haruki Murakami
“ I am chaos in this ordered society, the flaw in a carefully wrought plan. I am turbulence in the queen's eternal river. Eugie Foster
“ Matt shrugged. It was a good shrug, too. All it was missing was a beret, a stripy shirt and a Gauloise cigarette. D.C. Farmer
