By Mike Allen, from Issue #289 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by Michael J. DeLuca.Frowning at the hole left in Trukos's chest by the Goldbrook man’s knife, Mayya said, “Come with me.”

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By Grace Seybold, from Issue #288 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by M.K. Hobson.

Today it’s the moon that has him thinking of long ago, but lately anything might do it.

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By Marie Brennan, from Issue #287, Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by S.B. Divya.

Again and again I died. Better to cut my thread short and start again than waste lifetimes on a path that would not lead me to my goal.

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By K.J. Parker, from Issue #287, Eleventh Anniversary Double-Issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by Carla Kissane.

“I paint by the inner light,” I said. I tried to make it sound like I was being facetious.

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By Eleanna Castroianni, from Issue #286 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Something hardened in my world, the way it did every time my father told me that being a man meant being brave.

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By Aimee Ogden, from Issue #285 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by M.K. Hobson.The morning of her last day as queen, Nehan's mouth begins to bleed before her attendants finish braiding her hair.

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By Natalia Theodoridou, from Issue #281 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by M.K. Hobson.

The fawn is still in its mother's belly. Sapo kneels by the doe and feels for the outlines of the little one with her fingers. A gasp escapes her when it moves under the dead doe's skin.

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By Jordyn Blanson, from Issue #280 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by M.K. Hobson.“You most cover it up,” Aksá says, startling me. They hand me long strips of torn fabric. “Let no one know.”

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By Lisa M. Bradley, from Issue #279 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by Sandra Espinoza.

If she were darker brown, might she disappear into the shadows altogether?

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By Karen Osborne, from Issue #278 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine

Narrated by Setsu Uzumé.

Mila kept herself still like a statue, like the weapon she was supposed to be, even though inside she was screaming no, I will not, you can’t just ask me to do that.

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