Maev Barba

Stories told deep in the woods of Washington where the observatory lies. Join us for many stories about bees A young daughter attempts to assassinate her father with the stinger. A young man, long estranged from family, makes his final "Return to Honey Castle."If you've never been there, White Mountain is a wondrous sightseeing experience, but, truly, beware of the bees. Killer bees have emerged in recent years and have taken up residence in the locals' gardens. Entire neighborhoods must be quarantined and fumigated. Anders, our dear narrator in "Return to Honey Castle," must heed the call of his old butler, the only surviving 'member' of his family, in order to return and take up the helm of the family business: an empire of honey bees. Only, there is a new strain of bee, which calls itself "The Nightmare Bee." A sneak preview of Penguin Party, the novel by Lily Walsh and Josh, is featured at the end. The story begins as the world floods and a father and daughter find themselves floating atop the ocean, more or less safe, in their haunted Victorian house.

Stories told deep in the woods of Washington where the observatory lies. Join us for animals animals animals. Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit this 2023, we are releasing "Photography by Jonny South" as a tribute to all things animal.See an ape balance on top of a ball. See an ape reignite the bond with his father. See the ape burn down the circus and replace himself with a tiny prodigy. In "Bird Mother," a girl tries to escape her mother, an impossible task when she is chased through the village, overrun with exotic and hostile birds. In Six Scenes with Animals, Arnold B. Cabdriver tells us six fairy tales about animals, from a city of bats to a golden carp the size of a Volkswagen.

Issue 2 of Maev Barba Presents. Stories: The Cube - Robert EversmannMy Son with the Twitchy Asshole - Bob SelcrosseKristin and Her Brother Shitboy - Alan B. CabdriverThe Floor - Robert EversmannThe Sore - Ben CrowleyThe Naked Father - Eric ThralbyAlien Boy - E. T. StarmannTwo-Headed Troll - Robert EversmannThe Collider - E. T. StarmannThe Little Villain that Could - Bob SelcrosseThe Golden Bureaucrat - Bob SelcrosseThe Case of the Radiator - Bob SelcrosseThe Case of the Disposal - Bob Selcrosse

In Maev Barba's "Machine," a lottery leads its winners to immortality via a great underground machine. When we store ourselves as data, what will our data really need? Will it be satisfied with a finite world like a fish in a bowl? Or will it need pieces from our physical world to reproduce? In "The Vampire," old age is a drug. Vampires, craving mortality, stalk the streets to track and drink aged blood. Lock up your grandpas Death is like heroin for these creatures of the night. The king's man is a dedicated servant of the king, but, as the primary suspect for the murder of the king's only daughter, the king's man is to be hanged, unless he can find the truth. But beware the deeply buried truth, king's man, for this truth is far more horrifying than any dangling noose.