Contents

From the Editor’s Desk

Jesting Pilate

Lee Allred

Exchange Policy

Scott William Carter

Dead Girlfriend

Ray Vukcevich

Laugh Track

David H. Hendrickson

Family Bonds

R.W. Wallace

Mystery Weekend

J. Roderick Clark

A Magical Negro

Ezekiel James Boston

Be Very, Very Afraid

Jerry Oltion

Barely Decent

Kent Patterson

Call Me Peaches

Dæmon Crowe

Death by Vodka

Robert J. McCarter

Virtual Oracle

Leigh Saunders

Machine in the Ghost

Rob Vagle

The Postcard

David Stier

Gordie Culligan vs. Dr. Longbeach and the HVAC of Doom

J. Steven York

On Red Mountain

Robin Brande

Fort Dumpster

O’Neil De Noux

My Father, the Popsicle

Annie Reed

Scrawny Pete

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The Neighborhood

Angela Penrose

As If My Every Word Has Turned to Glass

Robert Jeschonek

Minions at Work

J. Steven York

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