Max Franciscovich BCS 2024 ShortStory Fantasy 5,127 words details

"After we kill our father but before we leave the island, we argue. Cal doesn’t want to go; he’s afraid of the water. Even after the rest of us outvote him two to one, he refuses to move, crouching on the ground, pressing the ruined side of his face into...

Secondary World FantasyFound FamilyAmbiguous Ending

Max Franciscovich Strange Horizons 2026 Novelette 8,164 words details

The guillotine was conceived as swifter, painless, more humane. You touch your throat. You wonder.

Time TravelTrans IdentityHistorical Europe