Contents

A Blessing from the Damned
James Dankus

Child of Light, Child of Dark
Cyn Bermudez

Promise of Tomorrow
J.D. Mraz

Some Things Wicked
Doug Megenity

Spirits Alive
Lael Braday

Contributors

James Dankus lives in St. Louis, MO, where he works in sales for a major cable provider.

Cyn Bermudez is writer and astronomy nerd. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree in physics. Her short fiction is published or forthcoming in Building Red: The Colonization of Mars, The Best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Fiction Vortex, The Red Line, The Milo Review, and more. For more information on Cyn and her work, please visit her website at cynbermudez.com.

J.D. Mraz of Fox Lake, IL is a twenty year old U.S. Airmen who has dreamed of becoming an author since he was a child. He currently resides in Anchorage, AK with his wife of two years, Maddison, and his daughters, McKinley and Amelia. He has published another work of similar style “The Monster On Iron Hill” which can be found in New Realm Vol. 02 No. 12.

Doug Megenity is an American soldier and novice writer currently living in Maryland. He joined the Army in 1988 as a linguist, and has served in Texas, California, Korea, Maryland, Washington D.C., Georgia, Iraq, and Kuwait. He is married with four children, a dog and two cats.

Lael Braday is a writer seeking to publish her debut novel. She has a BA in English with a focus on Creative Writing from Vermont College. She has a million stories, some of which you can find at Facebook.com/LaelBradayWriter. She is working on common usage acceptance of “alright” in lieu of his prim and proper, bold and boring, big sister “all right.”