Justin Gonzales

Commander Haden Wenswing floats motionless in the depths of space. In the midst of a black hole, he is awoken to find that there is no sign of his crew or the MSS Clavileño which suffered a catastrophic failure during a routine spacewalk. How is he alive? Is his crew okay? Who woke him up? Wenswing is astonished to meet Sir Sirius, a self-proclaimed "clown errant" whose jocular inter-dimensional antics lead to strange and questionable answers. Written in about eight hours based on prompts drawn from a hat!

u/Reaper1868 takes to r/TrueOffMyChest to recount the retribution he wrought upon his roommate after he kicked his kitten, Dark Star, in a drunken stupor. As we witness the heroic 30-minute beating, we are confronted with questions: what counts as too far in the name of protecting animals, did any of this actually happen, and does Reddit have the answers? Based on a real Reddit post.

Noa is a university student and an alcoholic in recovery. After relapsing at a game day watch party, they retreat to the dormitory bathroom to sit alone in their disappointment and frustration. Sam, Noa's roommate and accountability partner, arrives after receiving a text message. They have a conversation about the road to recovery, and how to get back up when you stumble.

Captain Wasabus, the absurd space pirate at the helm of the Old Sport, has been plundered by his self-serious rival, Captain DeChaccus, in a humiliating heist. Determined to get his precious booty back, Wasabus and his first mate Jangles the skeleton give chase, overcoming obstacles both mental and monstrously muscular!

In the far future, museums have gotten an upgrade: dioramas have been replaced with holographic recreations of historic events, powered by highly-advanced artificial intelligence! During a presentation of the first known terrestrial-to-extraterrestrial contact (the discovery of a Voyager Golden Record by two gold-eating alien royals), the dubious algorithmic technology goes awry and things take a disconcerting turn.

Deshi and Hito, siblings descended from powerful magicians, cross paths for the first time in years after going separate ways in pursuit of their own ideals. Hito plans to challenge the family's guardian spirit, Tebiki, at the top of Mt. Shi to prove himself. Deshi follows to protect her brother on his foolish quest. When they both encounter danger on the mountain, they must work together to face their limitations and learn the meaning of mastery.

Clime, an outlaw on the run, stumbles into the ghost town of Atsom Point. There's something strange about this place; the poison in Clime's body spares them, and a mysterious apothecary, the only soul in town, speaks cryptically about a greater purpose for them both.

Alex Pirpin is a fiction author who's finally decided to clear out her house of objects from her family's colorful history and run a yard sale. In a series of vignettes, Alex recounts the stories behind each item to Billie, a curious and sometimes skeptical customer, and reflects on her relationship to storytelling.

50 years ago, Laude Voice Solutions completed their hostile occupation of the native mime lands and put the population to work in their megaphone factories. After a tragic accident results in the death of one of the workers, Chelbi, a mime youth living in the company town of Laudeville, is spurred into action. A mime must be silent, but in order to challenge their corporate oppressors they must also challenge their people's way of life.