Predators / Tee A. Corinne -- Film noir / Nikki Baker -- A special education / J. D. Shaw -- Rose fever / G. V. Babish -- The confectioner / Meredith Suzanne Baird -- Home cookin' / Lisa D. Williamson -- A way with men / Mabel Maney -- American Gothic / Linda K. Wright -- Jessie / Katherine V. Forrest -- The sacrifice / Kathleen Downey -- An expatriate death / Barbara Wilson -- An evening out / Victoria A. Brownworth -- The pool / Ruthann Robson -- Merry X-mas / Jewelle Gomez -- The tree / Ellen S. Korr -- Weeping Willows / Joanne Dahme -- Going home / Kanani L. Kauka.