#1  'The Glow' by steven waldron    SYNOPSIS - Bioluminescent rats challenge the sanity of a laboratory technician working on an exploratory research mission to a post-eco-apocalyptic landscape. 

#2  'Absinthe Minded' by Candace Leigh Coulombe    SYNOPSIS - A woodland police station gets mired in the misadventures of green fairies. 

#3  'The Measure of a Man' by Richard Moser    SYNOPSIS - In a conflict between Truth and Justice, only one can prevail.  A society based on absolute truth cannot abide contradictions. 

#4  'Soul Survivor' by Michelle Chaison    SYNOPSIS - Trapped in a failing marriage, Peter and Eleanor leave Nebraska. At the request of a counselor, they go on a vacation to see if they can rediscover an appreciation for one another. It is their first time seeing the ocean and Peter disappears. Unaffected, Eleanor goes to sleep and awakens to find that Peter has indeed changed, however, not in any way that she expected. He has discovered that he is of a supernatural breed, one with the ability to wander the Earth for eternity. However, in his quest for immortality he has set into motion a sequence of events that will wipe out all natural life. Eleanor is thrown into a situation in which she is asked to question religion and to choose between her husband and the survival of all that she knows. 

#5  'Measured Hope' by Michael Cole    SYNOPSIS - In a post-apocalyptic world, a man goes to rescue his sister from a maniacal old man obsessed with finding a woman with the perfect measurements.