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The Road of Yellow Brick, by Reed Beebe
“You have to see the Wizard,” said the talking wolf. “What?” asked the stranger from the crashed balloon. “The Wizard can help you get back home, like he did for Dorothy.” “Dorothy?” “A girl from...
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Going Home, by K.R. Smith
It requires a great deal of fortitude to embark upon a journey that lasts more than ten years, especially to a place you’ve never been, a place you’ve only read about. Yet this was precisely what Lucas...
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Nearby Wolf Packs, by Tim Tobin
As the starship settled into orbit around the newly discovered planet, the captain ordered active sensors turned on. Within minutes reports of farming and ranching communities reached his desk. People,...
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Obituary, by Dawn Nikithser
There is always a full moon in space. Once you break atmosphere and you’re far enough out to see the curve of the Earth, Terran rotation doesn’t matter anymore. You’re just out there—you, the tin can,...
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A Werewolf Finds Her Paradise, by Reed Beebe
The smell of ozone (an aftereffect of the tranship’s quantum punch into a new dimension) usually assaulted Artemis’ keen lycanthropic senses, its absence a good sign. “Ship, report.” “Processing,” said...
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The Last King of the Werewolves, by Christopher Bleakley
Ironically, it was in Vulpecula, the constellation of the little fox, where the persecuted werewolves had found safety—on a nameless planet orbiting a distant, faint, nameless star. Whether the...
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Legend of the Amatshotsho, by David Edward Nell
The Indian Ocean was a shade of glittering emerald as they headed toward the mouth of Durban Bay in the month of April 1824. The winds cut in their direction that day, though the sea was at a rest, as...
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Canis Major, by Melissa Crory
“Hey, hey, bitch. Know where all space wolves come from?” Oh, god. This stupid joke again. I wish they would just kill me already and get it over with. I mouthed the punch line along with my captor....
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The Were-Traveler Issue is Born
Image courtesy of Fotolia.com At long last, the issue for which the magazine gets its name has come into being. A long time ago, I had a crazy notion of writing a story about a lone traveler, a...
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Issue 6: Big Bad Wolf in a Big Bad Universe
© Dusan Kostic The Were-Traveler Issue is Born Canis Major, by Melissa Crory (Flash) Legend of the Amatshotsho, by David Edward Nell (Short Story) The Last King of the Werewolves, by Christopher...
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A Matter of Personal Taste, by KR Smith
© Аrtranq “Dr. Wickham?” the old man asked, poking his head inside the tent. “Your guest, Prof. Moretti, has arrived.” “He’s here? Thank you, Amenzu. Please show him in.” Dust swirled through the...
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The Red Mummy, by Audiowriter
The images from Mars Rover 12 were incredible. Not even a professor specializing in ancient historical structures, Dr. Jake North, could confirm with certainty what the detailed pictures seemed to...
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Dead, But Not Gone, by Aaron Wyckoff
© Igor Kovalchuk “You want what!?” “I want to be mummified.” I stared in disbelief at my brother, my only remaining relative. “You have to be kidding! They don’t do that anymore.” “But they can. We...
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Gauze-a-Strip, by Audiowriter
© Morphart Searing heat rippled in waves across the rolling dunes of sand just west of the Egyptian Nile River. The air is rank with human sweat and animal feces as sounds of taught ropes stretch and...
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Revenge, by KR Smith
Image courtesy of Fotolia.com As it was foretold, I am awakened from my slumber by the faithful followers of Isis, rising again to reign over what once was mine. My dry bones move slowly, deliberately,...
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I Am Not the Mummy, by David Edward Nell
He had agreed to do the interview on one condition: that it be conducted in the middle of nowhere, inside an abandoned warehouse in Dunkirk. In addition, no one was to know. That’s why both of us had...
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Montu the Mummy, by Reede Beebe
© Tatty Egypt – 2,700 B.C. The acolytes of the sorcerer Montu had furtively retrieved his body from the Pharaoh’s palace guards, and his embalmers were in the process of snaking a long hook through...
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Are You My Mummy?
© Igor Kovalchuk The ancient Egyptians were some creepy people. When you died, they didn’t just bury you…they preserved their dead in a most delicate way. They had a strong belief in the afterlife....
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Issue 7: The Wise and Ancient Dead: Mummies!
© Аrtranq Are You My Mummy?, by Maria Kelly (Editorial) Montu the Mummy, by Reede Beebe (Microfic) I Am Not the Mummy, by David Edward Nell (Short Story) Revenge, by KR Smith (Drabble) Gauze-a-Strip,...
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The Pendulum Swings On and On, by Maria Kelly
I stand on gray museum marble, watching the pendulum’s parachronistic swing. A strange desire fills me. I dismiss it as madness. Sensing movement, I turn. A familiar gaze, like looking at an old...
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