
Redemption Tattoo
by John Bowker
(horror/erotica)
Rachel may have just gotten lucky - in addition to Paul spending the night, he's also a nice guy who's handsome, smart, and even employed. Unfortunately, what Paul doesn't have is coffee. But a quick stop at a local dive for breakfast ends with Paul running terrified - and Rachel chasing after.

Heroic Measures by Meredith Schwartz
(dark fantasy)
It's a sick war, man: take-no-prisoners, ugly, biological war. And the worst part is, the humans aren't paying attention; barely even know they're alive, except the littlest children. But one toy isn't taking it lying down - that's for sure.
Brothers
by Venesa Burranupakorn
(dark fantasy)
Twins, two brothers, arrive to strange omens at their birth. Their mother hides their strange powers from them - but like most hidden things, they have a way of being found out.
To the Moment
by Nisi Shawl
(fantasy/horror)
She didn't mean to get so hungry. On a ship, no less, making it so much harder to hide the bodies. But sometimes life is unexpected - and death must feed it first.
Coldsnap
by Lindsey Duncan
(fantasy)
Catori, facing exhile, is taking her last chance, going north until there is no more north left. There she hopes to find her goddess-mother and a home safe in the wind and cold, protected from the sweat and disease and sweltering heat of the south. But her journey will not go easily...

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