Plugs

Susannah Mandel’s short story “The Monkey and the Butterfly” is in Shimmer #11. She also has poems in the current issues of Sybil’s Garage, Goblin Fruit, and Peter Parasol.

David Kopaska-Merkel’s book of humorous noir fiction based on nursery rhymes, Nursery Rhyme Noir 978-09821068-3-9, is sold at the Genre Mall. Other new books include The zSimian Transcript (Cyberwizard Productions) and Brushfires (Sams Dot Publishing).

Read Daniel Braum’s story Mystic Tryst at Farrgo’s Wainscot #8.

Kat Beyer’s Cabal story “A Change In Government” has been nominated for a BSFA award for best short fiction.

The Pantry

by David

(Being an account of the true events culminating in the disappearance of Ms. M—–, of Lawrence, Kansas, May 15, 1987.)

“There’s a giant squid in the pantry.”

“I thought you hated calamari.”

“No! It’s alive. Or, well, I think so. It’s making a creepy noise. Anyway, get rid of it. Please?”

Aron sighed, tossed the newspaper on the floor, and levered himself out of the armchair. He opened the pantry door, but he didn’t see anything unusual, except that awful domestic burgundy Cele’s mother had brought. Certainly not a giant squid.

“I’m sorry, Cele, there’s nothing here.” He wasn’t sorry. He didn’t like squid.

Posted: 1 Comment » Categories:  David Kopaska-Merkel , Mythos

One Response to “The Pantry”

  1. Louise Says:

    June 18th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    Ahahahahahhhhhhaaaaahhhhh!!!!!
    Nothing like Elder Gods in the kitchen to liven up a mundane day. OG MWAAHZ DZNITT WREXGROTDTH!