Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror—quick as a flash.

Thaumatrope is a twitter fiction magazine for
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror fiction
under 140 characters—edited by @nelilly.

stories

Dec 25, 2009

“Conjuring is so tiring,” sighed Abe. “But I swear, with ten pipers piping, there won’t be a rat left in the entire province by New Year’s.”

Jan 10, 2010

Expletives surged to mind, as he considered the moron who chose to ship nitroglycerin in the same rail car as twelve sacks of black pepper.

Feb 13, 2010

Through the steamy intensity of the kiss, he briefly wondered if nanites could be passed through saliva. Then he found out.

Mar 17, 2010

Of course the claims adjuster pegged it as arson. The damn fool just couldn’t resist adding the Barium salts in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.

Mar 26, 2010

And when the pie was opened, the birds began to sing...which was by far the most disturbing thing she had ever seen, zombie virus or no.