Story by Ian Gray McGuire, Art by Alex Silver “The device was obviously of Thounvar make. Lacking embroidery, forged of unstained wood, hanging blade overcome with waves of rust, no sensible craftsman would make something so gauche. Though, guess I … Continue reading Short Story: Judiciar
Written by Serena Mao, Illustrated by Waverly Wang Uurgh. The pounding headache hadn’t gone away. Maybe it was chronic LeetCoditis after all — but Harvey didn’t know for sure. All he knew was that bubble sort was O(n^2) and that … Continue reading Short Story: The Offer
Short Story by Serena Mao
Photos by Kishore Rajesh, Kaitlynn Gray, and Michelle Lum
“After five relaxing days of procrastination, it was finally Friday, and the physics p-set was due concerningly soon. But even after settling comfortably into my favorite outdoor study spot beside Galileo, it… Continue reading Not Just A Power Outage
by Claire Boege
Victoria Oxley did not do what most famous women do when they catch their husbands cheating. She didn’t scream or confront him. She didn’t go to the tabloids or the news. She didn’t undergo a messy divorce or a messier reconciliation. At first, she did so little about it that her husband didn’t even know she had caught him.
But that was only at first. Continue reading Red Wine and His Hands
A Short Story by Mavis Stone
“Today, you can expect San Francisco’s temperatures to vary between 72 and 79 degrees. Around 8:30 a.m., we can expect this season’s first wave of acid rain. Residents are advised to keep plants indoors, and fishermen are required to halt netting until pH levels return to normal.” Continue reading A PARADE OF LEMONS
John looked up at the clock hanging next to him in his office cubicle. 6:30PM. Almost time to go home. Determination surged through him and he looked intently back at the papers on his desk. Only thirty more minutes, then it would be the weekend and some relief from this awful work. He started to read through the memo from his supervisor, but soon afterward grew tired. His gaze drifted away and he found himself looking out his window. In the world beyond his office, the sun had set and the city was cast in dark shadows. On the streets … Continue reading [Gray Buildings]
December 02, 2013 – WASHINGTON, D.C. The annual BirdWatch Conference at the nation’s capital ended on Wednesday with a climatic speech from Dr. Bob Reinser, a bird anatomist at the University of Pennsylvania. This year has been a remarkable year for ornithology and Dr. Reinser had presented one of the most exciting discoveries. The conference began with a special dinner on Monday night at the Rosen Center, where the scientists, sitting at round dinner tables, talked about their projects late into the night. “I had a fascinating conversation,” reflected Dr. A., “with Dr. C. about the plumage of the Trichoglossus … Continue reading Bird Watching
The Muddraker 