byCythia Ward has long been publishing fiction with
Wildside Press’s magazines and anthologies—
and now she is sharing some of her favorite
authors and stories with Black Cat readers.
Cythia Ward has long been publishing fiction with
Wildside Press’s magazines and anthologies—
and now she is sharing some of her favorite
authors and stories with
readersI wasn’t supposed to be here.
The last thing I remembered was sitting in my study, reading a new commentary on the Tao te Ching and sipping sake. Seconds ago, my brain insisted.
Tao te ChingBut now I was lying on something hard and cold, my eyes shut tight. I reached out with a finger—glad to find I could move—and felt the surface. A counter-top?
I opened my eyes. They struggled to adjust to an artificial light that seemed as brig
