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DEGREES OF STARVATION • by Beth Cato

July 29, 2014Every Day Fiction 46 Comments

Charlotte sank her pitchfork into the fragrant compost and daydreamed of libraries — the old-fashioned sort, lined with yellowed tomes of liver-spotted pages and fragile leather spines that crackled against her palm. As data technician officer for the colony on… Continue Reading →

Science Fiction, Stories Beth Cato, books, libraries, space colonization

COLD GREY • by Jessica George

October 28, 2012Every Day Fiction 12 Comments

The girls in the library have an ongoing competition: strangest thing ever found between the pages of a returned book. There’s the predictable — novelty bookmarks, unsent postcards. The disgusting — toenail clippings, hair, an old slice of toast. The… Continue Reading →

Horror, Stories fish, Jessica George, libraries

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