Toasted Cake 246! In which we contemplate the ineffable beauty of impermanent things.If you are consulting this guide, you live alone in the house at the end of the lane, and a sphinx has been haunting your overgrown garden.This story...

Toasted Cake 246: How to Confront the Sphinx Haunting Your Garden by Alexei Collier

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Toasted Cake 261! In which we sing. At 0600 hours, Aurora brews coffee, intensifies the lights to 800 lumens, and heats the ship to an optimal 70.2 degrees, all according to protocol. This story first appeared right here in Fireside.Jenn...

Toasted Cake 261: Symphony for the Space Between the Stars by Jenn Reese

Toasted Cake 260! In which maybe we procrastinate? Just a little?Jen's final sociology paper was due tomorrow, so she was procrastinating.This story first appeared in Galaxy's Edge, and a slightly longer version is available to read on Curious Fictions.Effie Seiberg...

Toasted Cake 260: Just One More Kitten GIF by Effie Seiberg

Toasted Cake 259! In which we skate the spell.I fell the first time I tried the spell. The magic broke, snapping a crack into the ice and getting me a three-day ban from the rink by the angry ex-almost-pro who...

Toasted Cake 259: The Snow Queen's Discount Skate Rental and Half-Off Magical Workings by Kristen Koopman

Toasted Cake 258! In which we arrange our features in a neutral expression."I am experiencing an unpleasant digestive reaction to something I ingested this morning and my primary spousal relationship is suffering a breakdown which is causing me emotional distress."...

Toasted Cake 258 - Fear of Lying by M. Darusha Wehm

Toasted Cake #257! In which we attempt the parallel parking maneuver.360-degree camera coverage. Radar, inertial compass, GPS. Independent all-wheel drive, nanoceramic brakes. 5G, sat-phone, and UHF communications. Air bags everywhere. And the worst student driver in the history of the...

Toasted Cake 246: How to Confront the Sphinx Haunting Your Garden by Alexei Collier

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