FICTION Silicon Valley: Monthly OCT 2016

Table Of Contents The One That Got Away by Devorah Fox Like to fish? How about a fishing story, with an unexpected twist? Facades by Clare Francis Violet is the beautiful daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, growing up with all the privileges enjoyed by her station. But nothing is as it seems in this who-dunnit set against the turmoil of nineteenth-century Savannah. After Zion by Josh Penzone In wondering why he’s not more upset about the death of his father, David Burnish has to accept certain truths about himself and his mother. The Papaya Stall by Maroula Blades The Papaya Stall is a crime flash fiction story set in a marketplace. A female witness tells her account of the shooting. She realizes the perpetrator is her lovely church-going Aunt Cecilia and the victim is her husband, Uncle Leonard. Apocalypta Z by Maer Wilson First - meteors. Now - zombies. Ninety-nine percent of humans and animals have become zombified, leaving the rest scrambling to survive. Maddie Worthing and Nick Stanton are among the few not infected. They’re gathering survivors and doing what they can to preserve life in their isolated desert town. Joined by the remaining townspeople and a few scientists, they search for a way to make it through the apocalypse. The key to humanity’s continued existence may lie within the mystery surrounding Maddie’s puppy. But they need to survive the roving gangs, crazy scientists and troublemakers within their own ranks in order to discover it. Selected Poems by Jordan Johnson