ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: COMING OF AGE
THE LIMITS OF FANTASY
by Ramsey Campbell
CHINA ROSE
by Ron Weighell
THE OUTSIDER
by Rick Kennett
BRIAR ROSE
by Kim Antieau
MOM SCHOOL
by Rand Soellner
THE HYACINTH GIRL
by Mary Ann Mitchell
MIND GAMES
by Adam Meyer
MAMA’S BOY
by C.S. Fuqua
THE SHABBIE PEOPLE
by Jeffrey Osier
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IV
THE UGLY FILE
by Ed Gorman
EYES LIKE A GHOST’S
by Simon Clark
FALLEN IDOL
by Lillian Csernica
AND SOME ARE MISSING
by Joel Lane
WELSH PEPPER
by D. F. Lewis
TRACKS
by Nicholas Royle
LARGESSE
by Mark McLaughlin
CITY IN THE TORRID WASTE
by t. Winter-Damon
HAUNTING ME SOFTLY
by H. Andrew Lynch
SPRING AHEAD, FALL BACK
by Michael A. Arnzen
APOTHEOSIS
by Carrie Richerson
DEFINING THE COMMONPLACE SLIVER
by Wayne Allen Sallee
FEEDING THE MASSES
by Yvonne Navarro
SANCTUARY
by Jeffrey Osier
THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
by Andrew C. Ferguson
WEEK WOMAN
by Kim Newman
A FATHER’S GIFT
by W. M. Shockley
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