Voodoo, or vodou, is often depicted in movies as a dark and dangerous magic, usually with Caribbean or New Orleanian nuances; Voodoo Dolls are effigies of enemies upon whose person we wish to cause harm; ghastly, bloody ailments are removed form bodies through the skin without surgery; bizarre, gory sacrificial rituals performed in the dead of night. Death God antagonists are portrayed as villains, further popularising the view that Voodoo is centred around death and necromancy. Here in Bones, we looked to explore some of these tropes in five-hundred-word stories. So, adorn your top hat and tattered tuxedo, get cosy in the armchair, and enjoy twenty-six dark tales, inspired by the movies. FEATURED AUTHORS The Bones of a Dead God by Alannah K. Pearson Fast or Slow by Andra Dill Louisiana Voodoo by Ashleigh Cattermole-Crump The Bones Know by Brandi Hicks The Truth Was in the Bones by Chris Bannor Doctor John by David Green Soul Stealer by David Green Bones Don't Lie by Dawn DeBraal Mr Saturday by Eric Butler Hedge Witch by Gabby Gilliam Law of Threefold by Jodi Jensen The Switch by Joshua E. Borgmann Good Dog by Karen Bayly Sung by L.J. McLeod Cheap Labour by Lamont A. Turner Sleep Tight by Lauraine S. Blake Miss Evita by Luis Manuel Torres An Impressive Spectacle by Lynne Phillips Voodoo Queen of New Orleans by Lynne Phillips Edge of the Knife by Maggie D. Brace Crucial Binding by Meera Dandekar Oliver Jones, Boy Detective by Michelle Brett Pinned by Michelle Mellon The Guédé b