On a Clear Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy, by Desmond Warzel

SFReader 2008 Story Contest First Place Winner This story is the end result of an experiment, in which I was looking for a way to tell a story entirely in dialogue without being tedious.  The radio format provided a means of introducing numerous characters into a conversation without straining credulity.  Though …

Cat Got Your Tongue, Evil Got Your Eye by Nicholas Ozment

SFReader 2008 Story Contest Third Place Winner I’m a sucker for stories where everyone but the main character(s) suddenly, mysteriously vanishes (think classic Twilight Zone episodes, Stephen King’s “The Langoliers,” John Wyndham’s Day of the Triffids). Look around, not a living soul. Quiet, echoing empty: Where did everybody go? That was …