Spencer Nitkey
Apex
2022
ShortStory
Science Fiction
2,071 words
details
"Time is absolute. My son is born and there is blood, screaming sweet as rain, tears, and joy. I hold him. Things precede. Time is a straight line that exists independent of observers. My son’s second birthday follows his first. He walks shortly after his...
SlipstreamFatherhoodPhilosophical
Content warnings 3
child-deathdeath-of-a-loved-oneillness-and-pandemic
Spencer Nitkey
Lightspeed
2025
ShortStory
Fantasy
1,507 words
details
"Tyler Moore’s spells strive to exist in and of themselves. They make no excuse or justification for their existence: no promise to speak to the dead, predict next year’s grain or gold prices, or read the mind of lawyers during a hostile takeover. They are...
Social SatireRevengeSardonic