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Lost K-y While playing in the basement, Aster hears a mysterious clicking coming from a typewriter. Soon, it will run out of ink and she’ll lose her new, and only, friend. Armed with just her imagination, she resolves to fight the living darkness in the attic to retrieve the ink.Aster is determined to write her own destiny—in ink and iron will. But if she fails, her story–and her friend’s–will be lost to the darkness. A Niente The chemical Mary created turns pain into beautiful music. To he, the drip of blood sounds like a metronome. She and her girlfriend live uninhibited by pain, physical and emotional. Soon, they push further and further to hear the music. Mary must wrest control of her life back or she—and the music—will fade to nothing. Balloons Brill is the only one who notices the gray clowns that fill wriggling balloons with people’s blood. The clowns disappear through flaps torn into the fabric of reality back to their world, the grayscape. When his husband disappears, Brill takes desperate action to find him. Even with all the blood on his hands, he’s still himself. Only grayer… The Soul of the Flames The villagers were desperate to stop the dragons. They needed a sacrifice and burned Emil at the stake as a child. Years later, he accepts his destiny and embarks on a quest to slay the dragons. Emil must face his fears and master his power—the very thing that killed him—before it’s too late or everyone he loves will die. Born of the Sea Even deep in the ocean, Aurvelle’s lungs constantly burn. She longs to go to the land, but it is forbidden. One day, Bellacia, a land-dweller who dares to cross into the sea, saves Aurvelle’s life and offers to take her to the land. The penalty for leaving the water is death. The cost of staying is eternal pain…