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Short tales to get you through the long winter monthsFeaturing stories by Warren Benedetto, John M. Campbell, Brandon Case, Ryan A. Cole, Marc A. Criley, Sarina Dorie, Louis Evans, Evangeline Giaconia, Jon Hansen, Michel Harvey Hanson, N.V. Haskell, Alexander Hay, David A. Hewitt, Liam Hogan, Chris Kuriata, Hugh McCormack, L.P. Melling, Chaitanya Murali, Lena Ng, Stetson Ray, Cynthia C. Scott, Joseph Sidari, Jeff Stehman, Catherine Tavares, Xauri'EL Zwaan, and Richard Zwicker

A guard and a thief. What could go wrong?Aik has fallen hopelessly in love with his best friend. But Raven's a thief, which makes things ... complicated. Oh, and Raven has just been kidnapped by a dragon.Now Aik is off on a quest of his own, to hunt down the foul beast and make them give back his ... friend? Lover? Soulmate? The whole not-knowing thing just makes everything harder.Meanwhile, the world of Tharassas is falling apart, besieged by earthquakes, floods, and strange creatures no one has ever seen before. Aik's ex, Silya has gone back to Gullton to try to save her people as the Hencha Queen, and Aik's stuck in a caravan with her mother and a damnable magical gauntlet that won't let him be. He has to find Raven, before it's too late.Things were messy before ... but now they're much, much worse.

Restored to life in a future world where access to the very air he breathes is rationed, a man attempts to break free from the governmental restraints, only to discover why the government now regulates everything.

Forced to leave his home, a boy learns magic from a mysterious traveling old man.When a boy's family is killed, and his home destroyed by marauders, he begins a journey with a traveling old man.As time and distance takes him further from his home, the boy strives to learn everything he can from the old man before he dies.What will he do if the old man dies, despite his best efforts?

What if numbers really mattered?Solar explosions known as "The Pulse" have rendered all electronics useless and sent Mankind back to a pre-digital age.In St Petersburg, Alexi, an aging Russian professor of mathematics with a tragic past, stumbles on two truths: the first, the oppressive regime has been lying to the people, and the second is that, with sufficient energy, reality can be split in two.Alexi finds himself in a parallel ultra-modern St Petersburg, with the possibility of combining his two separate worlds - and his shattered family.

When Megan decided to go on a camping trip with her two college roommates, she had no idea that she would find herself involved in an alien plot to conquer Earth.And she certainly had no idea that a handsome extraterrestrial would find her "enchanting."Can a girl with low self-esteem and no experience with romance save her world and navigate the pitfalls of love with a dashing, but enigmatic alien whose true motivations are impossible to know?

The Better Angels. Entertainment. Music and Dancing. And Rescues!Originally designed by the Magicorps corporation to be singing and dancing idols, the Better Angels are non-human biological androids that look like young girls. But their design was repurposed for nefarious purposes.After a mysterious guardian angel named David rescues them, they need to somehow find their own way in a big galaxy. And what better way than by returning to their roots as magical-girl idols!Quickly gaining galaxy-wide fame, traveling in their starship Angels' Wings, from their permanent berth on the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy, David and the Better Angels jump from planet to space station to asteroid, singing and dancing, offering benefits for charity, and offering appearances for their fans.But is that all they're doing? Some wonder ...Seemingly magnets for trouble, the Angels attract more than their fair share of unwanted attention. But they also collect new allies along the way.

What if a legend walks among us, but goes unnoticed?What if a myth is reborn, but the world yawns in reply?Would the legend be slighted, the myth offended?What if they decided it was time to let us know they were here, and ready for duty?

Shiver during the long nights with these dark talesFeaturing stories by Brett Thomas Abrahamsen, Mike Adamson, Christopher Bond, John M. Campbell, Arasibo Campeche, Brandon Case, Elizabeth Cobbe, Ryan Cole, Sarina Dorie, Monica Joyce Evans, P.G. Galalis, Kara L. Hartz, Brian Hugenbruch, Andrew Rucker Jones, Andrew Kozma, Steven P. Mathes, Jen Mierisch, Iseult Murphy, Ira Nayman, Tarver Nova, Frank J. Oreto, Anthony Regolino, and Lauren Reynolds

A fractured world. An impossible friendship.When a mysterious ring suddenly appears on reclusive teenager Ellen's bookshelf, she is granted the power to travel miles away from everything she's ever known. There she meets Shard, a friendly dragon who offers to help Ellen grow her stunted-since-birth magic. Although it seems too good to be true, Ellen accepts, sure she can conquer her self-hatred by becoming an accomplished magician. Little does she know, her magical voyages have raised the suspicions of those who would destroy her.Young and lonely, Shard is determined to find his first friend in Ellen. But befriending a creature as detested as a human could spell banishment from his tribe - or worse. As the bond between them grows, they will have to face their deepest fears. If they can't, their friendship is doomed ... along with any chance they have of saving both their kinds from annihilation.

Devlin Narre is a wizard, a sleuth, and a killer for hire - all to varying degrees of competence and consent.When a routine assignment turns belly-up, it falls on Devlin to ensure that his brothers-in-arms make it out with their lives.There are probably better men for the job, more courageous ones too.Funny how they never seem to be on hand when it counts.

When peace is no longer possible, one must either run or go to war.Abandoned by the nobility, everything goes wrong for Revin and he makes a run for it, ready to give up all hope. But when confronted with the choice he must make, will his heart lead him true?

You're watching the first Homo denisova to walk the earth in a hundred and fifty centuries grope their way into adolescence.You haven't wanted a drink for weeks and you're not - really, you're not - falling in love with your co-worker who is the only other Homo sapiens in the entire pine forest.It's all peachy until the Denisovans start holding singing contests in which the loser's head gets bashed in.Now what the hell do you do?

In an orbiting craft, Cooper has a front row seat to the first manned mission to Mars. Their landing is perfect until one crew member claims they are being watched by indigenous creatures.As the crew member descends into madness, and murders his two crewmates on what he says are orders from the little green men, Cooper must decide how to handle a madman alone - a hundred million miles from help.

It was supposed to be an easy jaunt to observe the stick-like aliens of Deep Valley Universe.But Ansegwe - perpetual student, aspiring poet, and scion of the (allegedly criminal) Varayla Syndicate - well, he just has to ruin everything. As everyone knows, Ansegwe may have sensibility, but he's not long on sense.When a weird, twitchy little creature attaches itself to him, Ansegwe violates every protocol in the handbook to save its life. Finding himself in all kinds of trouble, Ansegwe needs to make some serious life changes, starting with that complicated family of his.Ansegwe may just have to grow up ... now that he's adopted an alien.

Let your imagination bloom with these mind-opening talesFeaturing stories by Veronica L. Asay, Warren Benedetto, Jason P. Burnham, Michael D. Burnside, Laura J. Campbell, Arasibo Campeche, Jay Caselberg, Philip Brian Hall, Tom Howard, Tim Kane, Benjamin C. Kinney, Stephen McQuiggan, Mike Morgan, Sam Muller, Jason Restrick, and Elyse Russell.

A tale of an inn with good music, tasty food, strong beer ... and inadvertent necromancy.Travel is hard work and, for the Fiddler named Cal, any stop at an inn is a place to perform, to share the songs and music he has loved and, perhaps more importantly, use those in exchange for a warm bed, good food, free drinks, and maybe some extra coin.However, the roads we travel are roads that have existed long before we set foot on them and, at the crossroads where Cal finds the Inn of the Seven Stars, he encounters an demonstration of inadvertent necromancy. To put matters to rest, an immortal must be queried, an inquisition must be stopped, and an inn must be saved.But not before he finishes his beer in front of him.

When even the King's mandate isn't enough to bring the warring parties to the table, how far will Revin go to pursue peace?Charged with the King's mandate to negotiate for peace, Revin is thrust suddenly into a world of diplomacy and intrigue. Confronted with dangers on every side, he must keep his wits about him and be prepared to use all of the resources at his disposal to navigate the complex personal and political minefields that surround him.

On a contract to fix a software bug, Trevo is shamed into entering a fencing tournament where poor folks fight for the entertainment of the wealthy. While diagnosing the bug will earn his pay, the insight from his fencing bouts may prove to be worth even more.

Tales to warm your imagination during the cold winter monthsFeaturing stories by Christina Ardizzone, Matt Bliss, Gustavo Bondoni, Micah Castle, Nestor Delfino, C. M. Fields, Andrew Giffin, Emma Kathryn, Michelle Ann King, Jason Lairamore, Eve Morton, Lena Ng, S. Park, Arlo Sharp, Mar Vincent, and Richard Zwicker