SHORT STORIES

For the Love
Four teens look to score the highest-grade emotion any of them have ever felt, but a mid-heist encounter with a Vault employee sends the plan in another direction.

If Memory Serves
Gramma’s 100th birthday isn’t as celebratory as she’d like. After all, she used to be somebody. And it’s about time she was again.

One Red Cent
The Hundred are gone, the Machina are despised, and all Cent wants is to have a cup of coffee in peace. It’s just too bad the waitress decided to call the cops.

The Price of Morning
When the long-awaited spark of magic arrives in the cursed grove, the young ward of the eldest tree must choose between healing and home.

Reason and Love Keep Little Company
A New Orleans masquerade is the perfect place to meet new and exciting people, particularly if one of them isn’t picky about how furry one’s face is.

Rosy
My, what a big heart you have.

The Seventh One is Free
An apprentice shaman, the seventh in her family, readies to receive her animal companion. It may not be the one she wanted, but it’s certainly the one she deserves.

The Spring Games
A little girl and her father play in her mother’s garden as the seasons change around them.

Starstuff
It’s hard to remember why we have the dreams we have when they’re shattered by reality. If we’re lucky, though, we have someone close to remind us.

The Ties that Bind
Being a paid assassin is a messy business, especially when your newest mark turns out to be your twin brother armed with real magic and a childhood grudge.