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A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now
The Phantom Pulse #1 | May 2026 Brandon Case I hide, panting, air whistling through my gills. A full moon paints the docks silver, forcing me to cower behind a brick building lest my stupid, glittery scales draw attention. Peering around an unnaturally-straight wall, I see them. Eight men riding bicycles. Such erotic beauty,…
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Mamaborg’s Milk and the Brilliance of Gems
The Phantom Pulse #1 | May 2026 D.A. Xiaolin Spires Luqiong jumps past the fence and she ducks under one of the ferrying carts of the communications warehouse. She taps on the pylo plating of the cart, making sure it’s thick enough. Her database analyzes the sound of the tap and accepts that it…
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The House That Leapt Into Forever
The Phantom Pulse #1 | May 2026 Beth Goder The house loved all six of his rooms. Each day, he would send the cleaning bots to sweep and buff and shine. First, to the fiasco room, with its glossy switches. In the room of peonies, the bots moved carefully, placing a calculated amount of…