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The House of Whispers

Laura Purcell

"I did not expect to start this position without recalling the beginning of my employment in Hanover Square."


Outside the Lines

Ameera Patel

"The policemen have made themselves at home."


“Hungry Girls”

Cassandra Khaw

"Avoid using cameras during the Hungry Ghost Festival. The dead can be trapped there."


Remain Silent

Susie Steiner

"She has been bothered by the man in the tree—another thing to add to her sense that the country, nay, the world, is going to the dogs."


The Choice

Gillian McAllister

"Laura hands me my coat. 'Jesus,' she says. 'I’ve not had to leave a bar because of a nutter for a while. Are we twenty again?'"


Seven Years of Darkness

You-Jeong Jeong

"Sunghwan opened the glass door that led from the living room to the veranda."


The Persuasion

Iris Johansen

"The setting sun was casting silver-blue lights over the crashing surf as Caleb landed the helicopter in the courtyard of MacDuff ’s Run."


If I Disappear

Eliza Jane Brazier

"Every morning when I wake up to the cries of the baby next door, I turn you on."


Four by Four

Sara Mesa

" I arrived at the colich yesterday."


Black Flag

David Ricciardi

"It was a bad week for peace on earth."



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