Daniel Ausema

	The Ship of Silk on the Calmest Sea : Elderly Tima commands a powerful magic as she sews cloth into great boats for the Suzerain. But at times it seems the magic commands her instead. Available here from Reflection's Edge .
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	City of Games : A whimsical flash with nods to Dunsany and Calvino, forthcoming in Sporty Spec from Raven Electrick Ink.
	Hope Games : "Hope. Was there ever a time when that wasn’t simply a sarcastic word?" In a city pounded by war, handbills frequently appear promising some event to bolster morale, only to have the events canceled every time. Avins tires of it and determines to find the city leaders for an answer. Forthcoming from The Sword Review
	People of the Growing Moon : Among a people whose lifespan exactly equals half the cycle of the moon, the narrator discovers a way to live beyond his siblings...and is horrified by what he learns. Available in issue #3 of Spinning Whorl .
	Turtle Car in the Mountains : A strange future of modified animal/machine hybrids, and you wish is to join them, become a hybrid yourself. Available here from Mytholog .
	Treasure from the God : A beggar receives a gift from a god only to suspect the gift may require something of him. Available here from The Sword Review .
	Sleep Magic : When the armies of the world gather for battle, Orfie, the sleep shaman, does the one thing he knows how to do. He sleeps. Available in issue 1 of All Possible Worlds .
	Poisoned Brush : A dark fantasy of an artist who must create the perfect brush to compose the image in his head. Forthcoming from Fictitious Force .
	The Underground School of Lower Education : In a future where prestige is everything, Keala has the opportunity to attend the highest university of all, in orbit. But her background in the violent Deep Ways makes her question if any prestige will be enough to overcome her world's prejudice. Available in OG's Speculative Fiction , Issue #6. .
	The Underdweller's Fight : A prequel of sorts to the story above, this story is of Keala's older brother as he leaves the Deep Ways to join a gang in the border tunnels. Available in issue #3 of Art & Prose .
	First Peeling : Arten, a youth of the strange creatures that humans call "living stumps," must face an excruciating ritual while his people live in exile, driven out by fierce shadows. Available in Kaleidotrope issue #2 .
	Bomb of Eden : A 100-word drabble of atomic bombs and Adam and Eve. Appeared in issue #4 (January 2007) of Shantytown Anomaly .
	Sports Fable Press : A small sports-only newspaper decides to fight back against the corporate influence on sporting events. Available in the spring, 2007 issue of Noneuclidean Café here .
	Canyon of Babel : One of several stories that had been accepted by Jupiter World Press (see the pictures on the right). This is the only one that was released, a story of a thief, an enchantment, a canyon of eerie echoes, and a prophecy.
	Subversives : My first published story, this one appeared in Out of Line Literary Magazine in November, 2001. It is the story of a young man in an unnamed Latin American village as he deals with the conflicts between his own people and various colonizing influences.