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"Beauty," Said The
Beast
Errett Williams
Beauty was prized above all else and was easily obtained those who could afford it. When the Guides began to offer it for free to
the public, one family at a time, most people were thrilled to have the chance. Others suspected that the 'free' treatment
came at a terrible cost…
Alternative Energy
Mike
Wilson
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This turned out to be especially true of the energy
industry.
Artificial Angels
Melissa
Pryor
The dried blood found in what was believed to be the tomb of Christ had the miraculous ability to heal and encourage growth. The
first human test subjects were convicts — and its effects on them seemed even more divine.
Faces
Kaye Branch
Stranded 700 years before her own birth year, Jenaya had to learn to understand her new (ancient) world. She found the posters for
missing people especially puzzling…
Jane and the Queen
Rusty
Keele
The world had grown accustomed to the presence of lycanthropes — werewolves — and had established ways to help them.
"Jane"seemed to be just one more newbie at first, but her behavior was unique…
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Remembering Marchosia
Jack Dowden
The goddess Marchosia — ageless, possessing terrifying powers, but not unkillable — wanted to find a way to bestow
godhood on the humans among whom she lived, starting with her egregori (bodyguard and lover) Uriel. But the other gods opposed
her plans…
The Incantations
Richard
Tornello
Josie was a powerful witch, even if her son thought she was a bit senile. When she made a whole subdivision disappear (and
reappear in another reality) by accident, it gave her an idea…
The Turning
Matthew Acheson
Leonard Barnes had been a low-grade psychic who used his gifts to cheat at cards. Then he was abducted and forced to develop his
abilities for more 'noble' ends.
They Found Me
Robin Lipinski
Among other things, the Large Hadron Collider was intended to prove the existence of the so-called God Particle. What they got was
probably not what they had in mind.
Zombie Charades
Susan Stec
The plague of zombies had been contained and covered up. Now the military wanted to turn them into weapons…if they could
just find a way to train them to go after a specific target instead of eating whatever (or whomever) they could catch!
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