The story all takes place in one night on a farm on the outskirts of a small town in the mountains. A mysterious, bright burst of light explodes from inside the barn, knocking out the power. The drunken gathering going on inside of the main house comes to an abrupt halt. There is a creature they will discover in the barn. Not human. Something they do not understand. And when the beliefs of the weak and fearful are threatened, they turn on each other...

Nothing is more real. Nothing is more scary. Than hate...

Welcome Home collects a number of adoption-themed fictional short stories, and brings them together in one anthology from a diverse range of celebrated Young Adult authors. The all-star roster includes Edgar-award winner Mindy McGinnis, New York Times best-selling authors C.J. Redwine (The Shadow Queen) and William Ritter (Jackaby), and acclaimed YA authors across all genres. The full list of contributors includes: Adi Alsaid, Karen Akins, Erica M. Chapman, Caela Carter, Libby Cudmore, Dave Connis, Julie Eshbaugh, Helene Dunbar, Lauren Gibaldi, Shannon Gibney, Jenny Kaczorowski, Julie Leung, Sangu Mandanna, Matthew Quinn Martin, Mindy McGinnis, Lauren Morrill, Tameka Mullins, Sammy Nickalls, Shannon Parker, C.J. Redwine, Randy Ribay, William Ritter, Stephanie Scott, Natasha Sinel, Eric Smith, Courtney C. Stevens, Nic Stone, Kate Watson, and Tristina Wright.

Issue102 explores the urban night and the urban underground, from Kinshasa to Dakar to Manhattan. Students walk miles to the nearest streetlamp; b-boys and taggers roam the subways. Another world of desire is illuminated in the darkness. Those with electricity are free to write all night—to philosophize about human rights, recent economic history in Africa, and machine politics. It is only in its absence that we realize we owe ourselves to circumstance, that our limits are our landscape.

The BEAT to a PULP: Round One anthology is a collection of short stories from twenty-seven of today's top writers and emerging talent. This gargantuan set runs the gamut of genres and sub-genres to include noir, crime, hardboiled, ghost, western, fantasy, and sci-fi. Round One features a foreword by the venerable Bill Crider and cover art by James O'Barr of The Crow fame.

Twenty-one weird and unsettling stories. Contains work by Michael Fletcher, Ian Welke, Gef Fox, Libby Cudmore, Matthew Quinn Martin, Philip M. Roberts, Harry Markov, Joanna Parypinski, Miranda Ciccone, Steve Toase, Anna Sykora, Nicole M. Taylor, Jean Graham, Michael Haynes, Milo James Fowler, Priya Sharma, Andrew Bourelle, Craig Pay, Patrick S. McGinnity, Adele Gardner, Eric Dimbleby, and Brooke Miller.

The Midnight Diner is a hardboiled genre anthology with a Christian slant. No restrictions on God, no restrictions on reality. Didactic preachy works are dismissed unceremoniously; we're looking for high quality works that are uncompromising in craft, content, and quality. Featuring stories by Edoardo Albert, M.L. Archer, Kevin Brown, Jeff Chapman, Michael Dean Clark, Libby Cudmore, Jason Hubbard Derr, Edward M. Erdelac, Brian J. Hatcher, Virginia Hernandez, Douglas Kolacki, Kevin Lucia, Matthew Quinn Martin, Chris Mikesell, Colin McKay Miller, Greg Mitchell, Meghan, Eric Ortlund and Lon Prater.

Island profile: Matthew Quinn Martin, bookish man with a penchant for horror
When Matthew Quinn Martin was very young, he was terrified by an odd pattern in the grain of the wood paneling in his house.

In his 4-year-old imagination, the grain formed the face of Frankenstein. Although his mother taped an envelope over the face, it spooked him for years.