What If You Couldn't Say No To Others But They Never Knew? Empathy should have its limits. But for Freya it doesn't. When others are around she finds herself bending to their will, unable to tell anyone what she wants, unable to assert herself or defend herself. Can she find a way forward or will she forever be drowning in their darkness?

Ka was raised to be a Bearer—a surrogate who bears children for those who can't or don't want to bear their own. It's all she's ever wanted or known, but when she meets the mother and father of her little Kiukiu, she starts to question everything she's ever known.. This is a short story. Approx. length 5,100 words.

When Christy's husband is seriously injured in a skydiving accident, she thinks her life is over. But then she's given the power to save him. Save him, not heal him. Will she do it? And will she keep doing it as he gets worse? And worse? Where will she draw the line? When will enough be enough? This is a short story approx. 5,600 words long.

Clark's entire life has been driven by the need to keep accumulating social credits to pay for his dialysis. Every moment, every choice is about being able to afford that next treatment. His family is what makes it all worthwhile, worth struggling through the pain and the disappointment he faces every day. Money could change his life. But when it finally comes will it give him the break he's always wanted or take away the one thing that keeps him going?