Reading Time: 25 minutes A little boy discovers a mysterious seashell that contains more than just “ocean sounds” – a lot more…

Reading Time: 10 minutes When Margareta is not working, and if Pamela has been very, very good, Sarah lets her model the lacey cap. When Pam puts on the cap, she becomes an enchanted princess. The dirty pigeons that clutter the ledges of the city are snow white doves that come at her call and do her bidding. She leans out her window, arms spread wide, embracing her kingdom… until Sarah catches her and pulls her inside.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Marsha and Frank are driving along a country road on a rainy night, with Frank regaling Marsha about his knowledge of Japanese Samurai films, when they encounter a ghostly specter in the middle of the road.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Psychic magicians must fight off a enemy who is trying to break the spells protecting their academy. Family and romantic relationships complicate things.

Reading Time: 9 minutes Mike grabs Ashley from her quilted comfort. Her head droops back like a wilted flower. Her neck shows white in the night. Mike’s canines grow long with desire and need.

Reading Time: 9 minutes When their mother dies, a pair of precocious twins are placed in the care of their father, a conservative and stern man with whom their Wiccan practices immediately clash.

Reading Time: 3 minutes In the face of a devastated climate, humanity’s last hope is to relocate to another planet, but not everyone sees it that way.

Reading Time: 3 minutes A sentient satellite finds a new home.

Reading Time: 7 minutes When Hephaestus emerged clubfooted and malformed, Hera tossed him off Mount Olympus. He fell for nine days and nine nights, landing in the sea with a splash so big it caused a tsunami. No wonder then, that he prefers Earth to Olympus and children to gods.

Reading Time: 7 minutes In a near future of fast-paced social media likes and internet lurking, anonymity has a price…

Reading Time: 11 minutes Ruth is an android robot nanny, designed to protect the two young children in her care. She has come to realize that she loves protecting the children so much, she feels compelled to put the children into danger so as to enjoy saving them.

Reading Time: 7 minutes Now, after the advent of dreams and the appearance of color, when Gabriel reads of a killing, something inside him screams. When he looks upon a charcoal figure that so recently possessed unearthly beauty, he mourns. He wants to create, not destroy. He doesn’t like the role in which he has been cast.

Reading Time: 5 minutes A derelict spaceship turns out to be a trap for a space pirate and his very unusual copilot.

Reading Time: 8 minutes Vampires followed the deluge of fluid and fear, tracking the lonely, homeless, and lost to the city, drawn by the need for belief, as well as blood.

Reading Time: 4 minutes A day at the beach turns into something unexpected for a young couple.