Do you secretly wish you were an expert third-wheeler? Someone with the guts to tag along, to make it awkward, and to set your friends up? Every day you see your dating friends holding hands and making puppy eyes and you wonder, "Do they even need me anymore?" Yes, my...
The best stories have snarky protagonists. Hazel from Fault in Our Stars. "Pip" Pirrip from Great Expectations. Will Smith's character from Hitch. And of course, Jill Pole from Narnia. Lucy Grecu's "The Humminghouse" is no different. A galavanting tale of zombies,...
Today, the spiky shoulder pads and dystopian brutality of Mad Max meet up with the cozy Southern sci-fi of the 2002 show Firefly in a short story that will leave you delighted as well as horrified. Cue Lucy Grecu’s “Ivory Mud”: a muddy little dystopia populated with...
Does your family have that one Christmas film that you watch each year during the holidays? Do you ever stop to think, "Is this movie REALLY any good? Or do I love it just because it's Christmassy?" Join special guest Brad Pauquette and host Noah J. Matthews in a...
What would you do if you saw Bigfoot? For-real, life-sized Bigfoot watching you from the woods? Would you be skeptical? Would you be afraid? Would you stop and take a picture? Today, we bring you Sarah Sax's short story, "I Saw Bigfoot Today, Darling," a widow's love...
What if you woke up to find a pile of dead kittens in your garage? The mama cat just looks at you, staring as if maybe, maybe it was your fault. Would your mind begin to reel, drawing on old, haunting memories while trying to cling to some kind of hope? That's what...
What if aliens were invading us right as we speak? Hidden in plain sight, these extraterrestrial espionage agents search for our greatest weaknesses and hope to exploit our greatest treasure: Pumpkin Spice. Imagine the shenanigans these aliens would get themselves...
Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ is one of the most polarizing movies of the last 20 years. Critics hate it. Fans love it. Who knew graphically portraying the most beloved character from history being brutally torn apart would cause controversy? Could a splatter...
Imagine being fourteen again. Remember the awkwardness--how when you looked at that one girl you had a crush on, you had absolutely no control over your face? How whenever Dad made a little joke about it, your cheeks would flush no matter how hard you tried to stop...