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by Ferrett Steinmetz on Jan 8, 2016 in Short Fiction | 0 comments

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5,000 Words They were naked, now, on a dirty mattress. “Neither of you have eaten or drunk anything for twenty-four hours?” Ryan asked, hauling equipment into the room: sloshing plastic buckets, packs of hypodermic needles, coils of tubing, straps. “And no drugs in your system? This is a...

The Cultist’s Son

by Ferrett Steinmetz on Apr 1, 2014 in Short Fiction | 5 comments

Tags: apex magazine, ferrett steinmetz, issue 59, short fiction, the cultist's son

3800 Words “I used to think the sky would peel open,” the girl with the green hair confesses, curling black–nailed fingers around a can of Pabst. “I always had bloody knees, because I never looked down when I walked — I’d clasp my eyes to the sky, bracing myself for the sight of a...

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