Description:
Assemble Artifacts
A short story magazine that assembles a thrilling new mix of stories from genres including horror, science-fiction, comedy, and suspense. Buried at the heart of every story in the magazine is a unique artifact, an object that has inspired our storytellers to create a big idea, an irresistible question, a new immersive world, or a sense of wonder. Unearth your next great read with Assemble Artifacts.
"Losing Time" by Sydney Paige Guerrero
It's all too good to be true when a woman receives a Filipino anting-anting charm that allows her to re-do moments she regrets and fixates on correcting her mistakes with the love of her life.
"Support Group for the Formerly Possessed" by J. Preston Witt
A support group for the formerly possessed must put their trauma aside to band together and face a demon that threatens to undo their years of therapy.
"Stuck with You" by Elizabeth Davis
On the brink of divorce, a couple finds themselves magically stuck together, forcing them closer than they have been in years.
"Killer Queen" by Lindz McLeod
After failing at love, a man partakes in a program to build his dream partner. Only she's too perfect, so he turns his attention to "normal" women, with unexpected consequences."
"Sundowning" by Matt Marinovich
When a passing comet elicits bizarre behavior among the residents of a nursing home, a down-on-her-luck woman realizes this is not the job she was looking for ...
"Intellectual Property" by Whit Brayton
Begging the question, do we truly own our identity? An investigator finds himself on the trail of a reclusive genius who has created sentient replicas of the world's most famous actress.
Brief description:
Elizabeth Davis is a full-time nerd whose interests include cold weather, rainy days, coffee, Minnesota Public Radio, and rom coms where characters' homes vastly outstrip the income they would get from their jobs. Born and raised in suburban Milwaukee, she now lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two children. She has published two novels so far, and one day aspires to achieve every romance novelist's dream: to have her books made into movies people watch while hungover on a Sunday afternoon.