SOME DESPERADO / by Joe Abercrombie -- MY HEART IS EITHER BROKEN / by Megan Abbott -- NORA'S SONG / by Cecelia Holland -- THE HANDS THAT ARE NOT THERE / by Melinda Snodgrass -- BOMBSHELLS / by Jim Butcher -- RAISA STEPANOVA / by Carrie Vaughn -- WRESTLING JESUS / by Joe R. Lansdale -- NEIGHBORS / by Megan Lindholm -- I KNOW HOW TO PICK 'EM / by Lawrence Block -- SHADOWS FOR SILENCE IN THE FORESTS OF HELL / by Brandon Sanderson -- A QUEEN IN EXILE / by Sharon Kay Penman -- THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR / by Lev Grossman -- SECOND ARABESQUE, VERY SLOWLY / by Nancy Kress -- CITY LAZARUS / by Diana Rowland -- VIRGINS / by Diana Gabaldon -- HELL HATH NO FURY / by Sherilynn Kenyon -- PRONOUNCING DOOM / by S.M. Stirling -- NAME THE BEAST / by Sam Sykes -- CARETAKERS / by Pat Cadigan -- LIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME / by Caroline Spector -- THE PRINCESS AND THE QUEEN / by George R.R. Martin.