The Sprawl: Speculative Fiction

The Other Coast

Pots bubbled on the stove.

May 9 • 

Andrew Bach

15

2

April 2025

Much Too Fast

Borlan’s favorite light slanted across the rocklan priests and made their runes glow.

Apr 11 • 

Andrew Bach

18

1

March 2025

When the Windows Showed

I pass the boarded-over window on the way to the office every morning and stop to peek through the slats.

Mar 22 • 

Andrew Bach

15

December 2024

There Has to be More

The containment walls were fifty feet high and made from poured concrete reinforced by a network of interior steel webbing.

Dec 18, 2024 • 

Andrew Bach

27

1

Observation Impedes Change

The shuttle rumbles as it enters the atmosphere and I feel under dressed.

Dec 4, 2024 • 

Andrew Bach

18

3

November 2024

The Blue Smoke

I first saw the blue smoke when I was seven years old.

Nov 13, 2024 • 

Andrew Bach

23

October 2024

The Last Meal of Rennie Grey

Nestled between a whimsical forest and a babbling brook, the hospice center stood like a quirky haven for souls on the cusp of their next adventure.

Oct 30, 2024 • 

Andrew Bach

7

Slake

The few people standing nearby looked bored as the attendant strapped the glyph box onto my forearm.

Oct 17, 2024 • 

Andrew Bach

15

1

Shell, Glorious Shell

The launch sequence felt terrible, but here’s the thing.

Oct 2, 2024 • 

Andrew Bach

10

2

September 2024

Even Magic Has A Price

Every kid in the village is a frog catcher.

Sep 18, 2024 • 

Andrew Bach

15

Every Day's A Lucky Day

I scratch the ticket with the edge of a coin I’ve had for a few hundred years but don’t win a thing.

Sep 4, 2024 • 

Andrew Bach

5

August 2024

Home As A Door That Won't Close

The street lamps went out four hours ago and my legs ache from climbing the wall of the Howland dan Nester’s third estate house.

Aug 22, 2024 • 

Andrew Bach

4