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"Vivienne’s power swirls around her face and body, down her arm to her free hand, where it resolves itself in a long katana of jet-black steel: a fearsword. ... That weapon is sorrow and loss and insanity-cracking horror."

LIBATIONS FOR THE DEAD (Justice/Vengeance Book 1) by Erik Scott de Bie, cover art by Claudio Pozas!

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"When I was little, I didn't have an imaginary friend, I had an imaginary bully. She was a little girl of my age, who looked just like me, and took great delight in being cruel. This included doing things to make my parents furious, like punching my little brother. One day, when I was about thirteen, Ludwig showed up and wrapped all two hundred of his copper-bladed arms around this evil version of me. There was a warm light, like a camera flash made of lava, and then she was gone." -- Sam Fleming, "Ludwig"

Are they in our imagination, or are we in theirs? Mad Scientist Journal has brought together twenty-six tales of people with uncertain existence. These accounts range from cheerful to dark, stopping off at frequent points between. Imaginary friends share space with witches, monsters, nightmares, and maybe a few things that have not yet been dreamed. Cover art by Luke Spooner / Carrion House!

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The oceans rose, plant life withered, and humans could no longer reproduce. Now, years later, Lemy has found evidence of a place impacted only by the ocean rise. But the politics are even more treacherous than they were at home. With only a child to trust, she must navigate this new landscape to keep herself and Sky alive.

BARREN, a post-apocalyptic, climate-change novella by Dawn Vogel (words and cover art)!

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"Likewise, Jeremy Red, the most powerful telepath ever recorded, had been a resident since 2004, after having killed over two hundred people one by one in one of Cobalt City’s darkest moments.

The Fermi Institute was where the monsters lived." - VOTE FOR STARDUST (Mad World Cycle Book 4) by Nathan Crowder, cover art by M. Pritchard!

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