
Charlotte's Cove
by Scott T. Barnes
(fantasy)
Mary Ann and Sally are an odd couple, with Sally, at 14, five years older and a tomboy, besides. But Mary Ann is fascinated by Sally's confidence - and, despite her shyness, by the Ghost Lady that Sally loves to visit, whom Mary Ann would never have visited otherwise. But with the Ghost Lady's dark stories, and with Sally and the Ghost Lady both reading bad omens, things are rapidly getting too dark for Mary Ann.

In Memoriam Memoriae by Nick Franklin
(fantasy)
Geologist Riti Gill is exploring the extreme south, nearing Antartica, surrounded by ice cliffs, penguins, and cold, clear air. But despite the beauty around her, her mind is distracted. Her family far away from her and memory too close, things begin to go very, very badly - and Riti begins to learn the history of much more than rock.
In the Grove of Sickle Grass
by Daniel Ausema
(fantasy/horror)
Names are sacred things, dangerous things, a fact which Timn and his cousin know well. And on the day they enter a secret grove to collect a wedding gift, a grove where names can cost you everything, they're careful to guard against such dangers. But the old monkey is watching - and some things simply can't be prepared against.
Stormy Weather
by Kaalii Cargill
(fantasy)
Myree McCoughlan, like many girls, loves the sea, and loves to collect its treasures. Her mother, before her, was the same, even wrestling a husband from the sea; both of them so unlike Myree's grandmother, who lived in terror of all water. And now, as the child of that union, Myree is beginning to search with her sight for a gift of her own...

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