Quite a few thought-provoking tales this time. Here are the ones I found most interesting (or disturbing): * The Last Serving - Lincoln Michel * The Narrative Implications of Your Untimely Death - Isabel J. Kim * From the Largest Crater - Jendayi Brooks-Flemister * A Man Walks Into a Bar; or, In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father's Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street, I Finally Understand What Needs To Be Done - Scott Edelman * Braid Me a Howling Tongue - Maria Dong * In The Deep Woods: The Light Is Different There - Seanan McGuire