Digest

I've tracked down ten authors who have, at some point, participated in the act of cannibalism. I've collected one short story from each writer and combined them here for your amusement and observation. Isaac Cone presents "Margaritaville", Jimmy Buffet's hit song reinterpreted as a southern gothic. Sandeyu Yamamoto writes "Antiquing" about a family with a rare type of OCD where they haunt the object they most obsessed over. John Doe submits "Jesus Christ Meets the Chupacabra" which is exactly what it sounds like. Arsenio Alonso adds "A Vacancy in Staffordshire" about a team of researchers hunting for black-eyed kids in the British wilderness. Greige Wagner contributes "The Life & Times of a Rockefeller Pregnancy Zombie" about a girl who is hypnotized by the New World Order to feel unfathomable pain unless she uses her every egg for procreation. Mago Schlecter's brings us "Ring the Belles", a mix between historical fiction and a slasher where the villain only kills the teenaged daughters of slave-owners in the Antebellum South. Cassius Crown surrenders "Zooland" about a cursed town where everyone is reduced to their id at night becoming either vicious wolves or delicious deer. Bonny Bride sends "Glee-Maiden", a story about a woman seeking to make it in the male-dominated field of killer clowning. Matthew Hoga pens "Comorbidity", the story of two different plagues of zombie with wildly different styles that collide in the ruins of Zhengzhou, China. Joss Iger authors "Six O's", the most light-hearted of the bunch, about a man who can only orgasm six more times before he can never do it again. I share these stories in hopes of emphasizing the unique voices oft ignored in favor of traditional masticators.