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Partaking in Old Traditions
By: A. L. LaForge. Unit-5445 wrapped their hands around the hot mug. “Am I doing this right?” “Yeah, just don’t burn yourself. Before you taste, take a deep…
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Shadow
By: Gargi Mehra. If I hadn’t birthed the little rock-goblin myself, I’d never have believed how annoying it could become. I’d looked past its wild spins, its teenage…
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Haunted Hair
By: Jennifer Sara Widelitz. Gran always said, “Give something more thought than it’s worth, it’ll have power over you.” My hair was a mess of wild copper curls—unruly,…
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One Woman’s Trash Is Another Woman’s Treasure
By: Anne Wilkins. I bought my husband second hand at the neighbor’s yard sale. “Don’t you want him?” I asked Bessie, his wife. “Nah. I upgraded.” She transferred…
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Ghost Machine
By: Jennifer Monsen. “It detects ghosts?” “Common misconception, but no. A ghost machine creates ghosts.” “What? How—” “For ‘how’ you’d have to talk to the folks in engineering—something…
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On the Other Hand
By: William Shaw. That thing? It’s a monkey’s paw. Yes, just like in that story. Except that paw was a left-hander, whereas this is a right-hander. It makes…
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