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• 1 • Foreword (If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Deadly Women and Retribution) • (2020) • essay by J. H. Moncrieff
• 3 • The Long December • (2020) • novella by Steven Pajak
• 40 • Take Heart My Child • (2020) • short fiction by Cara Fox
• 53 • Sign Followers • (2020) • short fiction by Chris Contreras Bahnsen
• 72 • The Door • (2020) • short fiction by Scotty Milder
• 88 • Predator • (2020) • short fiction by J. H. Moncrieff
• 101 • Chained • (2020) • short fiction by Scott Harper
• 114 • Political Suicide • (2020) • short fiction by Bridgett Nelson
• 148 • Anika • (2020) • short fiction by Spencer Richard
• 165 • To Hell and Back • (2020) • short fiction by Mark Young
• 193 • Forget Them Not • (2020) • short fiction by Claire Brown
• 209 • Fancy Dick McGuffin and the Case of the Recycled Hired Guns • (2020) • short fiction by Nikkolas James
• 225 • Foundling • (2020) • short fiction by Lee Rozelle
• 246 • The Returned • (2020) • short fiction by Natalie Sierra
• 266 • Lucy • (2020) • short fiction by R. E. Sargent
• 282 • Black Feathered Fury • (2020) • short fiction by Red Lagoe
• 298 • Soul Skeeter • (2020) • short fiction by Renee M. P. T. Kray
• 318 • About the Authors (If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Deadly Women and Retribution) • (2020) • essay by uncredited