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.
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.
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
A man and his son contend with his wife's culty family after she dies.