Maybe I didn’t understand the details of how real magic worked, but it was pretty plain that it didn’t happen safe in bed. It was like everything else. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
I panicked. I cocked back a fist and punched the bull right in the nose. And there it was. Clear and unambiguous. Magic.
I heard a sharp “pop” sound, like champagne being uncorked and there was a smell somewhere between ozone and barbeque. A shower of sparks held the shape of the animal for just an instant before shimmering down and hissing out in the wet grass. I stared blankly at the space the bull had occupied, then at my shaking fist.
–from Bulls and Magic, by Jarod K. Anderson, in Electric Spec
Jarod and Leslie Anderson, both Ohio University alumni
Jarod K. Anderson ’10MA, an alum of the Ohio University with a MA in English, is a writer of speculative and horror fiction. He also is entering Ohio University’s professional MBA program in August. Anderson is currently the Database and Operations Manager for the Columbus State Community College Foundation.
His poems and stories have appeared in numerous online and print publications including Escape Pod, The Colored Lens, Electric Spec, and Fourteen Hills. His novel, Casting Shadows, is available in print and e-book formats from a variety of retailers including Amazon andBarnes & Noble, according to his website. “Currently, he works at a foundation that raises money for a wide range of college scholarships. He writes about education by day and ghosts, monsters, and madmen by night. It’s a good arrangement,” his bio says.
Anderson has two new publications in June:
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