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Ryan Cole

Ryan Cole is a speculative fiction writer who lives in Virginia with his husband and snuggly pug child. He is a winner of the 2021 Writers of the Future Contest, and his work has appeared or is forthcoming in Ember Journal and anthologies by Metaphorosis and Weird Little Worlds Press. Find out more at www.ryancolewrites.com or find Ryan on Instagram: @ryancolewrites.

A Ghost in the Fruit

Ryan Cole

Ella, in the dim, flickering light of the janitor’s closet, could see that the berries had regrown their teeth. Not whole sets—at least, not yet. Cranking the dial on her newly stolen microscope, she leaned over Sebastian, who was prepping a fresh pot of jam on the floor, and she zoomed in on the fruit: […]