SECTION I – I AM HERE, I AM HERE

THE PERSISTENCE OF PHEROMONES

by Gene Twaronite

GHOSTS OF THE CORTILANES

by Kathryn Yelinek

CREATURE

by John Grey

HENKI

by Ronald D. Ferguson

THE COSMOPOD

by James Rowland

TOTO

by Jennifer Ruth Jackson

NONE OF THE SCARECROWS IN KANSAS WINK

by M. C. Childs

BETWEEN THE ZEROS AND ONES

by Bob Sojka

Winner First Place Fiction Readers’ Choice Awards 2020

FIRST CONTACT

by Marta Tanrikulu

SECTION II – TWIN SMILES, EQUALLY WIDE,

EQUALLY BEAUTIFUL

NAIADS

by Avra Margariti

INDEBTED

by Kaylie Night

SAFE IN MY BRANCHES

by Alexandra Grunberg

STELLAR TAPESTRIES OF WRETCHED HEARTS

by Russell Hemmell

INTO THE RING

by Lisa Timpf

MANY TINY FEET

by Mary E. Lowd

SPORES OF THE VOLCANO

by Gerald Warfield

SECTION III – WE DON’T SPEAK THE SAME

LANGUAGE ANYMORE

TACK-LESS

by Gerri Leen

THE HOUR OF THE WOLF

by Donald McCarthy

THE SNOW SHADOWS OF AMUR

by Deborah L. Davitt

HUBRIS HUMBLE

by David Whitaker

Winner Second Place Fiction Readers’ Choice Awards 2020

SHADES OF RED AND WOLF

by Caroline Sciriha

VOYAGERS

by Jessica Cho

MAMA’S BOY

by Christopher Scott

100% LOVE

by Beth Cato

Winner Second Place Poetry Readers' Choice Awards 2020

SECTION IV – IF ONLY WE HAD KNOWN THEN

FROM CAT TO FIDDLE

by Lisa Timpf

THE EDGE OF THE NORTH

by Jenny Maloney

DRAGON'S LAMENT

by Jasmine Arch

Winner First Place Poetry Readers' Choice Awards 2020

RACE TO THE BLACK RIVER

by Scott T. Barnes

GATOR'S SONG

by Ophelia Leong

THE FOUR LAWS

by Jo Miles

GNOMES

by Bruce Boston

CARBON CROW, DIAMOND DOG

by Bruce Arthurs

CESTRUM NOSTRUM

by Izzy Todd