Toasted Cake #201! In which we try to order a drink.It's not my fault. I swear he said "djinn and tonic."This story is original to Toasted Cake.(This story has a content warning for one use of the F word.)Patricia lives...

Toasted Cake 200! In which we can write our own ticket.Even with all the lights on, my room is dim. In the sunset of my life, I live in a perpetual, hazy twilight.This story first appeared in the Stanford Anthology...

Toasted Cake 199! In which we try to stop the trolls. Mei's contract specified she would only get paid if both the bride and groom, along with at least fifty percent of the guests survived the wedding. This story first appeared in...

Toasted Cake #198! In which we do not do as we're told.Sistren, I thank you all for gathering here today with me in our holiest of places, the Casbah.This story is original to Toasted Cake.(This story has a content warning...

Toasted Cake 197! In which we stare at the nougat-filled eyeballs.In the basement, there is candy.This story first appeared in Daily SF.Michelle Muenzler, known at local science fiction and fantasy conventions as "The Cookie Lady", writes fiction both dark and...

Toasted Cake 196! In which we make the tough decisions.He thought about declining, of course. Everyone did -- but he thought longer than most, sitting on the hard-backed orange chair of the immigration office, elbows on his knees.This story first...

Toasted Cake 195! In which we kind of really do take it personally."Is this accurate?" the insurance adjuster asked. "Thirteen different protection and concealment spells for a single building?"This story first appeared in Daily SF.Curtis C. Chen's debut novel WAYPOINT...

Toasted Cake 194! In which we hatch.If there is any justice in the world, Priscilla Reardon's associate-hatchling will be a walking, talking pile of dung.This story first appeared in Daily SF.Nebula-nominated Beth Cato is the author of the Clockwork Dagger...

Toasted Cake 193! In which we get help with some super minor not that murdery problems.Dear 8B, I may have accidentally laid eggs in a human.This story first appeared in Daily SF.Matt Mikalatos is the author of the YA novel,...

Toasted Cake 192! In which we curl up to watch Jupiter's pyschedelic storms.The first time, we stayed together for fifty years. This story first appeared right here in Daily SF.  S.B. Divya is a lover of science, math, fiction, and...