Chaplin Win is in trouble for letting an unauthorized ghost talk with hospital patients, and inspectors are coming tomorrow.
Content warnings 2
deathillness-and-pandemic
Susan Palwick
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"Lacey had been alone in the dorm for three weeks when she finished her Shakespeare paper. All the electronics had been down even before the evacuation, but she’d anticipated that. She’d printed out a copy of the draft while she still could. After everyone...
A university student seeks special accommodations for her new support animal, causing havoc all around her.
Content warnings 1
animal-harm
"Inevitably, they found her. She came back to her tiny apartment and clicked on the light to find a massive young man, wearing the signature black jeans and sweatshirt of Combine, standing in her living room. The dim light glinted off his earpiece, the...
An anorexic woman has an unhealthy co-dependent relationship with her alcoholic roommate, her “friend” since childhood. But she also has a monstrous secret.
Content warnings 1
substance-use
Some nights shining lights appear atop hills in urban areas, and people who walk into them disappear—some say to fairyland. A cop who thinks otherwise tries to talk a young woman out of trying it.
Content warnings 3
deathdeath-of-a-loved-onesuicide