David M. Hoenig with a beautiful updating of Hindu mythology, his short story "Deva Rising":
"As I stand, the semblance of humanity sloughs away from me- first one new arm sprouts, then a match on the other side, giving me a second pair below the originals. I feel my wings once again push out from my back, and I extend them, enjoying the stretch. As I turn to face the monks, my third eye, in the center of my forehead, opens and sees them as they begin to sing."
A man faces a moral dilemma in Rick Neumayer's short story, "The Blind Man".
"The blind man says he usually knows when someone is trying to cheat him. 'If it’s not a twenty, most of the time I can tell by the feel of the bill. Ones get more use than other bills. They feel soft. Twenties stay crisp. And when someone is trying to put something over on you, their voice usually gets higher, and their sentences shorter. They’re nervous. If I take the bill and start to pull out change, they think they've gotten away with it and that’s when they come up with some overly polite thank-you. That’s when I know.'"
New, Kafka-esque fiction from Cassandra Sims Knight, "The Golden Donut".
"Stanley's Reflection" by Bismarck Martinez is a story about a man dealing with the aftermath of his brother's arrest.
