Pictures of You by Josh Malerman
After a night out, Emily wakes in a strange bed with her fiancée Jack nowhere to be found. She soon discovers she is trapped in a picture frame, part of an elaborate living still life orchestrated by a strange woman who expects Emily to help her carry out her macabre artistic vision.
Milkteeth by Caitlin Starling
Beatrice is a broodmother nurturing two newly-turned vampires in her lair. Already stretched thin, she agrees to take on a third fledgling. That's when things start to unravel.
Switzy by Emma Cline
David is a rich old man whose mind is deteriorating. Accompanied by his assistant, Cody, he stops to visit his daughter and an old friend on the way to his final stop: Zurich.
What Feeds Below by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
Petra and Jade are Void divers - guides who lead tourists through the multi-layered subterranean Void filled with dangerous creatures and strange (also dangerous!) plants. Jade convinces Petra to dive to the deeper, more dangerous layers in hopes of securing a payout big enough to make this their last dive. It goes about as well as you might expect.
Spread Me by Sarah Gailey
A remote desert research team discovers a strange specimen buried in the sand. They bring it inside their research station and things go about as well as you'd expect.
The Unravelling of Ou by Hollay Ghadery
On the day of her granddaughter’s birth, Minoo must choose between her family and her sock puppet and constant companion, Ecology Paul. This is the story of how Minoo got to where she is now from the sock puppet’s POV.
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
A man and his son contend with his wife's culty family after she dies.