“Dirt Retreat” by Eugénie Szwalek: places to rest / deer-borne cake / GREG

“Give Me English” by Ai Jiang: language as currency / diaspora / frenemies

“In Pursuit of the Light” by MC Benner Dixon: prophecy / late-night walks / getting unstuck

“Inheritance” by Sarah Bess Jaffe: (imaginary?) tsunamis / reconnecting with family roots / seals

“Last Landing” by Ende Mac: breath (or the lack thereof) / alien newts / befriending the robot

“: Master Doc” by Cavar: really intense schools / epistolary stories / Nutri-Grain bars

“Show Goes On” by Louis Evans: washed-up child stars / supervillains / the second act

“The Absence of All Things” by Abhishek Sengupta: how to disappear (your enemies) / Hindutva / grieving families

“The Memory Shop” by Melissa Ren: memory manipulation / conversations unhad / motherhood?

“What the Sky Recalls” by M. Shedric Simpson: greed and ambition / destruction via nanobot / journeys