New Short Story: On the Coercion of Djinn

Author's note: I'm posting a short, short story today, just because. You might even call it a vignette. This is part of a larger work, but I think as a vignette it stands fine on its own. I am a huge fan of metafictions, and here's a tiny one. Can't get Sethon's book on the Kindle, I'm afraid.

On the Coercion of DjinnBy Cesar Torres

The book had to be at least a couple of centuries old: There was a fragility inherent in the dry, worn edges on the covers, and the hairline cracks along the...