In "The Victim," April wants Grace to help her prosecute the guys who raped them years before. The only problem is, Grace doesn't remember things that way…. Includes other short plays, in which: A young man picks up a strange woman in a bar, only to realize she's no stranger after all; an uptight socialite learns some outrageous truths about her family; a sister stumbles upon her brother's bizarre sexual rite; a first date ends in grotesque revelations; a love potion proves all too effective; a lesbian wedding is complicated when it turns out one bride's brother used to date the other bride.

The Victim: and Other Short Plays

Literature & Fiction

Boyett, J.

Dramas & Plays

Saltimbanque Books

Part H. P. Lovecraft and part Alien, Ironheart is the story of what happens when the mining ship Canary comes across a strange derelict on the edge of the galaxy--a derelict occupied by a strange woman, a woman who cannot possibly exist but does....

Ironheart

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

From Long Island diners to Victorian murderers and small-town French cross-dressers, these writers and poets will transport you as far as the written word can carry you. The Saltimbanque Review: we've been putting the "er" in "literature" since 2016.

The Saltimbanque Review, Number One: Fall 2016

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

Hurley, Brian

Kolm, Ron

Austin, Heather

Lindgren, Michael

Roa, Amy

Rachmani, Jon

Tanner, Matt

Hahn, Douglas

Short Stories & Anthologies

Ray Takeshi doesn’t remember his parents--they died in sorcerous battle, when he was just a baby. He’s been raised in Missouri by a mage named Ned. Ned says his Destiny approaches: a final test, to determine whether Ray will achieve manhood, or be destroyed.Just because Ray is a fledgling mage doesn’t mean he buys such mumbo-jumbo. But then the delectable succubus Melania von Fleiden shows up in town, alongside her hideous Thrall. Ray has to stop her evil plan--or die trying, at least. Could this be that test Destiny was sending? And if so, does he have the slightest chance of surviving it?

Ray Takeshi and the Medallions Of Skarth

Genre Fiction

Beth used to be a powerful witch, till a meth addiction burned her powers away. Her daughter Farrah thinks she's nothing but a loser. But Beth thinks maybe Farrah would change her mind if she had to spend a few days in her mom's shoes-and when she gets her hands on a new source of magic, she decides to make that happen?.

The Switch

Fantasy

The AI Revolution has come, and it ain’t easy for a single dad to find a decent job. Most things that a human can do, a computer can do better and cheaper. So Brad provides for his kids as best he can, using virtual reality to remote-control a sexbot in a brothel. Male, female, straight, gay: Brad the anonymous operator does it all. A man’s got to provide.But even the brothel gig is barely enough to scrape by on. So when his kids’ guidance counselor Duane shows up as a customer, Brad wonders if he can use this chance encounter to build a better future for his children?

The Sexbot

Eighth-grader Sam Peabody's boyfriend (well, not exactly boyfriend) asked her to text him a picture of her boob, so she did. But then her not-really-boyfriend didn't keep it to himself.So now her life is sorta ruined. But things will get better. After all, the civilized adults charged with Sam's care won't leave her to writhe in hell, all on account of a dumb text. Obviously.

Raw Flesh, Cold Air

What malevolent power haunts the bland town of Hutchins?

Amy Madden

Tusk

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