Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos — Excerpt: But the arms enfolding me were strong and hairy. I had thrown my ethereal self into the embrace of a younger man, a stranger who bore my smile.

Garrett Berberich — Excerpt: SMILE! You are currently in a Private View Zone and are being Timed. Taking in views in this Zone will require compensation after the 90-second mark.

Zary Fekete — Excerpt: Once, on a Saturday, Istvan took the tram to its end stop and he wandered up and down the streets of small houses, not to find her, not exactly, but to imagine.

Muheez Olawale — Excerpt: After Jimi garbs himself in the chosen clothes and ornaments, he splashes some cologne all over him. Looking expensive equals zero if he doesn’t smell expensive.