True Love

You know what I love?

I love me a memorable character.

Let me qualify that.

I love me a memorable character that leaves me wanting to step into the story and walk away with him.  Or a character I wish could hear me as I warn her about the danger she’s about to step into.  Maybe a character I’d like to take home and keep safe, like a bird with a broken wing.

This month’s stories are all about character.

In “Duplicate” by Crystal Lynn Hilbert, Alexei Dubov can duplicate anything.  Is it science?  Magic?  The better question is this:  Just because it can be done, should it be done?  But this story isn’t about Alexei.  A wonderful story with a satisfying twist.

Last in this month’s lineup we bring you a chilling but lovely science fiction story, “Gold Dress, No Eyes” by Alexis A. Hunter.  This is a story told in the aftermath, in the flotsam and jetsam of deep space.  A woman in a gold dress, an open purse, a luxury cruise ship, the Titanic of the stars.

I hope you enjoy these stories as much as we have.

Suzanne
Editor in Chief,
Flash Fiction Online