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• 3 •  The Sirens Call, February 2019 • interior artwork by Drowned Orange
• 4 • Calm Before the Swarm • short story by Ashlei Hawley
• 7 • Nanny • short story by Alyson Faye
• 7 • A Slippery Dish • short story by Alyson Faye
• 8 • Angelic Abduction • short story by Alyson Faye
• 8 • Witchcraft • short story by B. E. Seidl
• 10 • The Sleeping • short story by Jessica Rougeau
• 12 • Mother Gate • short story by Rivka Jacobs
• 13 • Cracked Spines • short story by Linda Imbler
• 14 • Blood Moon • poem by Joe Koch [as by Joanna Koch]
• 14 • Poison Apple • short story by Andrea Allison
• 15 •  The Sirens Call, February 2019 [2] • interior artwork by Drowned Orange
• 16 • Murdering My Sweet • short story by M. A. Kastle
• 19 • Barbas • short story by T. J. Ravenwood
• 21 • The Pink Skies • short story by Melissa R. Mendelson
• 23 • Mamma's Pizza Parlor • short story by Stacy Fileccia
• 26 • Teardrops of Blood • poem by Maria DePaul
• 27 • When the Hour Glass Breaks • short story by Hillary Lyon
• 30 • Almost Human • short story by Lydia Prime
• 30 • Markings • short story by Lydia Prime
• 30 • Some Carnivores Have Roots ... • short story by Lydia Prime
• 31 • Halving My Child: What Wakwaks Want • short story by Ellen Huang
• 34 • Cross My Heart, Hope to Die • (2013) • short story by Sheri White
• 36 •  The Sirens Call, February 2019 [3] • interior artwork by Drowned Orange
• 38 • Ritual • poem by Ashley Davis
• 38 • Buries • poem by Ashley Davis
• 38 • Wild River Soul • poem by Ashley Davis
• 39 • Asphyxiation • poem by Ashley Davis
• 39 • Black Water Magic • short story by Ashley Davis
• 41 • They've All Come Home • short story by Ashley Davis
• 43 • Cigarette Burns • (1994) • short story by Sara Jayne Townsend
• 47 • Lizzie Cleary Had a Bad Day • short story by Christy Aldridge
• 48 • Poison Apples • poem by Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi
• 49 • In the Pines • short story by Loren Rhoads
• 51 •  The Sirens Call, February 2019 [4] • interior artwork by Drowned Orange
• 52 • Hivemind • short story by Olivia Hennis
• 55 • Beautiful Day • short story by Elaine Pascale
• 58 • Deception • short story by Brenda Matteson
• 61 • Inside • short story by Nina D'Arcangela
• 64 • This Savage God • poem by Joan McNerney
• 65 • Clandestine • poem by Joan McNerney
• 65 • Knave • poem by Joan McNerney
• 66 • Bury 'Em Deep • short story by Tiffany Michelle Brown
• 68 • The Sentence • short story by Jo Colley
• 69 • Eclipse • poem by A. F. Stewart
• 70 • Featured Artist: Drowned Orange • interview of Drowned Orange • interview by uncredited
• 73 • An Ogre in Walmart • short story by Rachel Kallembach
• 76 • Cement Jesus • short story by Leah Lederman
• 77 • Doctors and Delicacies • short story by Ravyn Salvador
• 79 • Dark Soil • poem by Nina D'Arcangela
• 80 •  The Sirens Call, February 2019 [5] • interior artwork by Drowned Orange
• 81 • Slither and Squeeze • short story by Tracie McBride
• 84 • The Voice • short story by Stephanie Ayers
• 84 • Pink • short story by Stephanie Ayers
• 85 • Burning Joan • short story by Stephanie Ayers
• 85 • A Part of You • short story by Sonora Taylor
• 86 • Stick Figure Family • short story by Sonora Taylor
• 87 • Moribund Dreads • poem by Lori R. Lopez
• 88 • Empy Rooms • poem by Lori R. Lopez
• 89 • Monstrous • poem by Lori R. Lopez
• 89 • Nocturnal Embers • poem by Lori R. Lopez
• 92 • Clean Freak • short story by Vivian Kasley
• 94 • Chopped • short story by Vivian Kasley
• 97 • Fireflies • short story by Debapriya Ambuly
• 100 • We're All Mad Here • (2013) • short story by E. A. Black
• 103 • Rising Moon • poem by Lydia Prime
• 105 • Narcoleptic • short story by Naching T. Kassa
• 106 • Sticks and Stones • poem by Lydia Prime
• 107 • Ghost of Building 5 • short story by Roxy Thomas
• 108 •  The Sirens Call, February 2019 [6] • interior artwork by Drowned Orange
• 109 • Emerging from the Dark • short story by Donna J. W. Munro
• 111 • Cereal Killer • short story by Angela Yuriko Smith
• 112 • Pain Relief • short story by Angela Yuriko Smith
• 112 • Efficiency • short story by Angela Yuriko Smith
• 113 • Whole Hearted • short story by Angela Yuriko Smith
• 115 • A Dark Love Story • (2013) • short story by Helen Mihajlovic
• 117 • Cradle Song • poem by Brittany Hause
• 117 • Log Book of the Deep-Sea Vessel Archias of Pella • (2018) • poem by Brittany Hause
• 118 • Party Pooper • short story by Shelly Redd
• 120 • A Murder: Magpies in Mourning • short story by Adrienne Dellwo
• 121 • Seeing Shadows • short story by Scarlett R. Algee
• 124 • Mutually Assured Destruction • short story by Scarlett R. Algee
• 125 • Fighting the Inevitable • poem by Linda M. Crate
• 125 • You Only Deserve My Thorns • poem by Linda M. Crate
• 126 • Have to Save Yourself • poem by Linda M. Crate
• 126 • The Werewolf's Moon • poem by Linda M. Crate
• 127 • A Body Without Hope • poem by Linda M. Crate
• 128 •  The Sirens Call, February 2019 [7] • interior artwork by Drowned Orange
• 129 • Orehu Lake • short story by Veronica Schultz
• 132 • Deliverance • short story by Stephanie Ellis
• 133 • The Neighbors' Things • short story by Cecilia Kennedy
• 137 • A Hands-Off Approach • short story by Sherry Morris
• 138 • Mildew • short story by Maura Yzmore
• 139 • Milo • short story by E. V. Knight
• 142 • Entertainment • poem by Lynn White
• 143 • Melting • poem by Lynn White
• 143 • Monsters • poem by Lynn White
• 144 • Look This Way • poem by Lynn White
• 145 • Promises • short story by Deb Whittam
• 149 • Beg the Bee's Forgiveness • short story by Christine Makepeace
• 151 • Emmelina Should Like to Dance • short story by C. A. Yates
• 152 • The Manifesto • short story by Christa Wojciechowski
• 155 •  The Sirens Call, February 2019 [8] • interior artwork by Drowned Orange
• 156 • The Other Woman • short story by Mya Lairis
• 158 • The Balfour Witch • (2015) • poem by Tawny Kipphorn
• 159 • The Legend of Countess Creep • poem by Tawny Kipphorn
• 160 • Cherry Chuckle • short story by Terri Ross
• 162 • Coffin Walker • short story by Julia Benally
• 164 • Doppelgänger • short story by Jamie R. Wargo
• 167 •  The Sirens Call, February 2019 [9] • interior artwork by Drowned Orange
• 168 • Big Brother • short story by C. A. Viruet
• 169 • Games • short story by Jessica Shannon
• 171 • Ferrymen • short story by Maura Yzmore
• 173 • Lighting the Way • short story by Diane Arrelle
• 174 • Chaser • short story by Miracle Austin
• 177 • From the Ground Up • short story by Madeline Mora-Summonte
• 179 • The Smell of Snow • short story by Amanda Crum
• 182 • The Walk • poem by Mary Genevieve Fortier
• 183 • I Am • poem by Mary Genevieve Fortier
• 184 • Within the Mirror • poem by Mary Genevieve Fortier
• 186 • In Hot Water • short story by Geraldine Clark Hellery
• 189 • Dad's Ghost • short story by Donna Cuttress
• 193 •  The Sirens Call, February 2019 [10] • interior artwork by Drowned Orange
• 194 • Bruce Loves Mary • short story by Kenya Moss-Dyme
• 196 • Fresh Air • short story by L. A. Campbell
• 197 • Abigail • short story by Clover Swan
• 201 • Featured Author: Mercedes M. Yardley • interview of Mercedes M. Yardley • interview by uncredited
• 204 • A Pretty for Polly • (2013) • short story by Mercedes M. Yardley