by Eleanor Lerman christian gonzalez Being chained to the final floor of a deserted tower on a burning road in a vanquished county that has been stricken from the maps has done nothing to lessen the power of the Persons of Final Becoming They could be bound by a curse to be buried beneath the shifting sands and still be able to direct your fate. There are six of them or nine or twenty-seven, depending on which story you believe, how far back into prehistory you are willing to

by Eleanor Lerman Clay Banks When he was finally released from the hospital, Paul stood outside the revolving glass doors that ushered patients, staff and visitors in and out, and tried to think uplifting thoughts about having survived the mystery infection that had nearly killed him. But he couldn’t seem to focus on anything other than the effort it took to stand on his weak legs, bandaged and studded with staples in the places where a surgeon had excised the abscesses that