In "The Body is a Cage Opened Only By Fire" by @jawmccarthy.bsky.social, a woman returns to burn the last of her mother’s body, in the wake of her mother’s death. An effort to escape a dark entity that has sealed itself to the bones of three generations of Thai women.

In "Skin and Hide" by Author: Anita Moskát and translated by Austin Wagner. Deerbreed blogger Kirill wants to tell the story of worldwide human-animal transformations, but the Flock is calling to him.

In "Her Right Arm" by @nassos.bsky.social, a man sets out on a voyage accompanied by his fiancée's right arm.

In "The North" by Subodhana Wijeyeratne, a young scribe joins a voyage to hunt sea creatures in waters that once belonged to the feared Northerners, but the truth behind the Northern myths is more complex than they first believed.

In "The Trick to Taking Over the World" by @klynn.bsky.social a mother accidentally becomes a leader and a god, in a post-apocalyptic world.

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