The Gospel of Blood

By Orlantae Duncan

“For the first nine or ten years of childhood, the only book I recall being in the whole house was my grandmother’s worn King James Bible.”

How to Master Shapeshifting

By Gershom Mabaquiao

“On one of the days when you have a client for retesting, ask him about his day. Stop yourself from cringing while he says, ‘You haven’t responded to my messages, baby.’ He will brush his fingers over yours.”

If There Were a Time Machine

By Juheon Rhee

“I’m sixteen again, addicted to adrenaline. You rest your hand on the bruise on my cheek. Dotted-blue with a wave of violet.”