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Nanojacked By Greg Beatty Nanojacked concerns the stuff of nightmares: being accused of murder (and, worse, one you can't remember), having your body betray you, cannabalism--whew. Beatty's story takes you on a chilling ride...to the future? [1st place winner, deathlings.com Technology Run Amuck Short Story contest.]

The Card By Stefan Case Finally...but it was worth the wait...short story writer and performance artist Stefan Case (and, yes, rock 'n roller Japeth Case is his cousin), makes his deathlings.com debut with The Card, a look at the future (that's already here?). [2nd place winner, deathlings.com Technology Run Amuck Short Story contest.]

DeceptNO! By Constance Gelvin Using commercials, jingles, student papers and courtroom transcripts, frequent contributor Constance Gelvin's DeceptNo! portrays a world where lying is impossible...scary, isn't it? [3rd place winner, deathlings.com Technology Run Amuck Short Story contest.]

A Dish Best Eaten Cold By Otis Black Barrington Otis Black Barrington, author of the well-received Sceptre of ShiningIsle (we know, we know...our guidelines make fun of the whole fantasy schtick, but, hey, this story is good.) Otis has won several major writing contests he is too modest to name, and is busy working on the second of his ShiningIsle novels. [1st place winner, deathlings.com Love Gone Bad Short Story contest.]

Night Cursed By Barbara Nickless Barbara Nickless is another author making her first appearance in deathlings.com with the evocative "Night Cursed." Barbara has been published in Pulphouse, and is working on her first novel: "Something Wicked." [2nd place winner, deathlings.com Love Gone Bad Short Story contest.]

Is Horror Dead? By Consatnce Gelvin Consatnce Gelvin makes another appearance in deathlings.com with her Is Horror Dead? which was a winner (okay, so it was 98th out of 100, but there was over a thousand entries!) of the 1999 Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition in the Genre Short Story category. [3rd place winner, deathlings.com Love Gone Bad Short Story contest.]

Rules for Being Human By Stacey Richter And finally, what's a Fall issue without a ghost story? Okay, so Rules for Being Human isn't, strictly speaking, a "Love Gone Bad" story. But when you read it you'll understand why we just had to include this story by Stacey Richter in the October/November/December issue of deathlings.com. Rules... appears in Stacey's collection of short stories: My Date With Satan--if you haven't read the book, you need to rush out right now, get it and read it in one sitting; it's that good! Stacey's fiction has received numerous prizes, including the Mississippi Review prize, three Pushcart Prizes, and a National Magazine Award. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she is working on a novel.

Kudzu By d. g. k. goldberg d.g.k. goldberg makes another appearance in deathlings.com with a delightfully goldbergian rant about suburbia: Kudzu. [1st place winner, deathlings.com 'Burbian Horrors Short Story contest.]

The Protection By Fiona Curnow Guess Americans aren't the only people who have to worry about sprawl--"Forty fucking executive homes" threaten a very special "little bit of wilderness" in award-winning short story writer and editor Fiona Curnow's The Protection. [2nd place winner, deathlings.com 'Burbian Horrors Short Story contest.]

Zomboid Boy By Lainie Calvin Welcome to the joys of your typical American high school and the students therein who are "deadened by generica/and striving for the good life in corporate America." Zomboid Boy is Lainie Calvin's first appearance in deathlings.com. [3rd place winner, deathlings.com 'Burbian Horrors Short Story contest.]