Replacement Claus

A short piece of fiction from the perspective of aliens who’ve been scouting Earth, from writer Terry Bisson.

What’s it like, being on that boat with the immortal ferryman, heading into the underworld? Writer Marie Phillips imagines one such trip.

A government agent steals a suit that’s supposed to make her invisible.

Jonathan Goldstein talks about his friend Howard who gets amazing treatment from people in the service industry.

Jonathan Goldstein tries to convince his uncle and his father to get into the same room and have a conversation for the first time in decades, before it’s too late and one of them dies.

Jonathan Goldstein talks to Sven Berger, a juror still hung up over an assignment he served ten years ago.