http://martianlit.com no invasion forthcoming or your money back Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:17:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://martianlit.com/magazine/397/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-10/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/397/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-10/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:00:37 +0000 Julian Darius http://martianlit.com/?p=397 In the holofeed wall above the phony flickering fireplace, the fifteen-year-old Mira Mira sat in the defendant’s chair, listening to testimony against her. Yelena thought her neon blue skin undercut the way her lawyers had… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/213/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-9/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/213/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-9/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:00:15 +0000 Julian Darius http://martianlit.com/?p=213 A dozen colored spotlights, gaudy and grandiose, caressed Yelena Moulin. Glitter rained down upon her, caught like sparkling dust as it descended through the colored layers of light. The rest of the room was lit… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/227/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-8/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/227/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-8/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:00:06 +0000 Julian Darius http://martianlit.com/?p=227 The hardest thing about spending days underwater was keeping the mind busy. The only light came from the distant hallway, dimly lit with no one present, reflected through the pool room’s double glass door. In… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/208/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-7/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/208/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-7/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:00:19 +0000 Julian Darius http://martianlit.com/?p=208 “My therapist says it all goes back to her. She was very doting, in a lot of ways. I was her wonderful, genius son. But she could turn on you in an instant. Criticize viciously.… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/190/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-6/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/190/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-6/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:28 +0000 Julian Darius http://martianlit.com/?p=190 In the early hours of the morning, before the sun had risen against the snow and the mountains outside the living room’s glass wall, Yelena knocked on Mr. Pollard’s door. Veronique answered, clad as always… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/161/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-5/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/161/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-5/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:51 +0000 Julian Darius http://martianlit.com/?p=161 Yelena felt the latex surface of the couch beneath her. This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t have any weight. She knew full well she had no skin or nerves to feel through. She reached out… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/92/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-4/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/92/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-4/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:00:28 +0000 Julian Darius http://martianlit.com/?p=92 Yelena stood staring at the door to her den, thinking this isn’t right. She told herself that she must’ve opened the door all the way, then stepped back into the room to retrieve something, only… [more]]]> 0 http://martianlit.com/magazine/90/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-3/ http://martianlit.com/magazine/90/the-many-lives-of-yelena-moulin-chapter-3/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:00:37 +0000 Julian Darius http://martianlit.com/?p=90 Closing the door, Yelena felt absurd, hiding from her mom in her own home. The room looked like an old-fashioned study, the kind in historical holofeeds, with a wooden desk and books printed on dead… [more]]]> 0