Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror fiction under 140 characters

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

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

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Aug 18, 2009

Thrashing to the beat, I feel the txt vibrate my receiver tattoo: “9am gate 68” I’ll upload at the airport, and you’ll be pixelated by noon.

Dec 25, 2009

The first jauntily wrapped box held a wrapped hand. Others hid more parts. Best was the severed head. He kissed his wife: “You’re so sweet.”

Feb 7, 2010

“They’re real,” she said. “No way! Fakest boobs I ever did see.” When I hit the floor bleeding, she said she meant the guns in her nipples.

May 13, 2010

Woke up groggy, my nails painted silver, wearing false eyelashes. Drugged me again. You know what’ll come back to you. Xanax and glue.

Jun 6, 2010

Wearing makeup in a David Bowie pattern that defies facial recognition biometrics, she smuggles nanobots in glitter hairspray.

Jul 20, 2010

Daddy’s away again, and mom’s at work. Eating candy, she goes online and sets up a hit on a bully. Educational posters just don’t cut it.

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