For years, Elise has been donning corsets, sneaking into castles, and lying through her teeth to enforce the Place in Time Travel Agency’s ten essential rules of time travel. Someone has to ensure that travel to the past isn’t abused,

An essay by Sam Keegan, as provided by Judith Field (Originally published in Mad Scientist Journal: Autumn 2014) Listen to an excerpt of Weather is a Zero-Sum Game by Judith Field Sam Keegan lives in the south of England,

An essay by Dr. Henrik Ahlstrom, as provided by Dantzel Cherry (“Birthing Fire” previously appeared as the 2nd place winner in the Story Star Publishing Short Story Contest in 2012; reprinted in Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2017) Listen to an excerpt ...

A recording by Clifford Winter III, Ph.D., as provided by Jeannie Warner (Originally published in Mad Scientist Journal: Winter 2015) Listen to Arkham K-12 Science Fair by Jeannie Warner Clifford Winter III, Ph.D.,

At the age of sixteen, the Dreamer has given up her own life to act as the conduit for the divine dreams that must be interpreted for the survival of the village. Love and relationships are forbidden. Even though her needs are provided for,

Sandra Daron knows what it’s like to die. Every time she touches someone, she experiences their last moments; burning, drowning, choking, dead. Her visions shatter any pretense of normal she might wish she had. She’s a freak,

As an independent beltrunner mining asteroids in the frontier of space, Collier South is a dying breed. Scrounging and cutting corners to work cheap, Collier isn’t a stranger to lean times and make-do repairs; in fact his onboard computer hasn’t had ou...

The real devil is the one waiting inside of you. What would you do if there was an evil inside you that you couldn’t stop? And how would you live with yourself when you realized it? Blending science fiction, a dystopian world, and the old west,

She has a tail. Normal is relative. Listen to an excerpt from Pick Your Teeth With My Bones by Carrie Newberry Kellan is a shape-shifter and a member of a secret society, the Sankhain, who protect a fountain of youth hidden in an invisible forest outsi...

The starship repossession agents of Milky Way Repo are sent to the desolate settlement of Bad Rock to retrieve a vessel. Once there, they become entangled with a notorious thug running a smuggling operation for the Syndicate.