Description

Welcome to five original genre-spanning short stories by author Teri J. Babcock.

The Right Wishes: A dark alley. A black site. And a wooden box that gives the owner anything they ask – once.

A Small Detour: Nevada, 1954. Pedal-pushers and poodle-skirts packed, the Johnson family is enroute to Las Vegas for a blow-out party and a once-in-a-lifetime special event. But a side-trip to goes sideways when their daughter encounters something strange in an old mine.

The Bee Wife: Annie, a bee-keeper in the Alberta foothills, gets more than she bargained for when she accepts an unusual hive from a retiring apiarist.

The Adolf I Remember: Gratz, Austria, 1836. On a mission to change history, Brandt and Kepler meet resistance from their target and ultimately face the question: what if the most terrible events of our history are someone else's better future?

The Water Clock of Yoshiwara: In 1700's Edo, geisha entertain the wealthy and influential in the tea-houses of Yoshiwara. Trapped with the walled borders of the Floating World, where a lover's affections are changeable as water and time is a friend of no one, one geisha considers her life and loyalties. Would she change any of it if she could?

About the Author

Teri J. Babcock has been publishing fiction since 2013. Her work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Pulphouse Fiction Magazine and the anthologies Coffee and Lazarus Rising.