Imaginary Beasts: Book 08

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imaginarybeasts is "a bi-monthly webzine dedicated to original fiction of the oneshot variety". Anyone may participate, whether you would like to write, make visual art, volunteer to help with beta'ing, or, most importantly, read and review the stories. The authors and artists need love, people. Ahem. I like to review the issues, as y'all have probably picked up on by now, but I'm pretty behind, due to Syria plus the busyness before it. So we're starting off with the oldest one I haven't yet read.

Each edition, or "book", has a theme; March's was "Gendertwist". My favorites:

Cirocco by thanatophilia. Crazy apocalyptic sci-fi gendertwisted Casablanca. What's not to love? Also, the main character is a bitter cross-dressing prostitute. A+++++++

The Second Storey Men by xahra99. It's about Victorian era house burglars! What more do you need?

Laid the Unsprung Trap with Bait by nekokoban. I like stories about conmen, okay? Especially when they're funny and smart and in a little over their heads.

The Shore's Gift by inshore. An incredibly gorgeous, textured piece of art. I kind of want to print this off and hang it on my wall.

You can read all of the stories and see all of the art here. The next theme will be School Stories, and you can sign up here (post locked to community members). You have until September 7th to submit a story.