Summer Fantasy Short Stories

I checked the battery on my kinetic stunner. The state wanted the kid dead. I wanted a coffee.

Edna enters a forest that eats memories, fighting her brother's hallucinations and her own trauma to survive summer.

The eviction notice slid beneath the door, glowing with a sickly, bruised light that smelled unusual.

Javi stared at the empty battery casing, his jaw tight as the summer heat turned the workshop into an oven.

A ranger discovers a natural dead zone where surveillance fails and families hide from the city's digital safety.

The August sun blasted through the frost-choked glass, illuminating the rot. The tomatoes were completely dead.

Kim tracks his lost daughter through a fungal forest where memories are lures and the trees are listening.

Gary tapped the steering wheel, completely ignoring the heavy rain of human teeth bouncing off the minivan windshield.

A retired widow and her skeptical nephew battle a violent summer ice break-up to save a legendary moose.