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Sleepers by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

Originally appeared in Interzone (May-June 2014). Reprinted in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination.

First lines: “The newscasters say that the sleepers came without warning, that one day they weren’t here and the next, they were. I don’t believe them. There must have been signs we were too wrapped up in our busy lives to see.”

Praise for “Sleepers”:

“This story, for me, has a similar power and feel of the archetypal Joel Lane story and that means extremely powerful.” —THE DF LEWIS DREAMCATCHERS (Gestalt Real-Time Reviews)
SFRevu calls it “interesting” in this review.
“This is a story of letting go, and coming to terms with bereavement and life, a potential triumph over anxiety.” —Matthew S. Dent’s A Mad Man With a Blog
“Issue 252 of science-fiction and fantasy magazine Interzone (number 252, TTA Press, ISSN 0264-3596) contains a mixed bunch of fiction with “Sleepers” standing out as the best.” —Steve Rogerson on Wizzley.com

FREE STORIES & POEMS FOR ONLINE READING

(This is an incomplete list of all my published stories, either in online or print publications. For a full list, click here.)

“He Came From a Place of Openness and Truth — Lightspeed (January 2015)

“Everything Beneath You” — Beneath Ceaseless Skies (January 2015)

“The Damaged” — reprinted in Story (January 2015)

“Where You Came From” — Three-Lobed Burning Eye

“They Come with the Carnival” — Daily Science Fiction (October 2014)

“The Hoof Situation” — Scigentasy (July 2014)

“The Stink of Horses” — Hobart (June 2014)

“Mrs. Stiltskin” — Lakeside Circus (March 2014)

“The Siren” — Strange Horizons (April 2013)

“The Wanderers” — Clarkesworld (February 2013)