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The Better Angels. Entertainment. Music and Dancing. And Rescues!Originally designed by the Magicorps corporation to be singing and dancing idols, the Better Angels are non-human biological androids that look like young girls. But their design was repurposed for nefarious purposes.After a mysterious guardian angel named David rescues them, they need to somehow find their own way in a big galaxy. And what better way than by returning to their roots as magical-girl idols!Quickly gaining galaxy-wide fame, traveling in their starship Angels' Wings, from their permanent berth on the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy, David and the Better Angels jump from planet to space station to asteroid, singing and dancing, offering benefits for charity, and offering appearances for their fans.But is that all they're doing? Some wonder ...Seemingly magnets for trouble, the Angels attract more than their fair share of unwanted attention. But they also collect new allies along the way.

Thirty-nine interpretations of one word: detachmentEvery two years, Fault Zone editors challenge writers to stretch their imaginations in response to a single-word spark. This year, "detachment" has drawn forth a fascinating array of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. You'll find intriguing science fiction, laugh-out-loud humor, and thought-provoking stories drawn from real life ... alongside strike-to-the-heart poetry, lyrical storytelling, exciting adventure, and slice-of-life family drama.Featuring: Tom Adams, Doug Baird, Sue Barizon, Eva Barrows, Scott Best, Lawrence Cohn, Jo Carpignano, Tim Flood, Heather E. Folsom, David Harris, Laurel Anne Hill, Audrey Kalman, Nirmy Kang, Amy Kelm, D.L. LaRoche, Evelyn LaTorre, Lucretia Leong, Ida J. Lewenstein, Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, Ellen McBarnette, Richard E. McCallum, Patricia McCombs, Lisa Meltzer Penn, Margaret Nalbach, Bruce Neuburger, Luanne Oleas, Korie Pelka, Miera Rao, Cheryl Ray, Carol Reade, Harlan Suits, Anne Marie Wenzel, Alisha Willis, Mickie Winkler, and Nanci Woody.Edited by Kate Adams and Laurel Anne Hill.

Private Investigator Shelby McDougall is out for revenge.Repeated miscarriages have caused Shelby's marriage to disintegrate. Financial ruin lies ahead. A cheek swab sent to an online ancestry service turns up a surprise child: Shelby's genetic offspring - found in the misty ether of the internet.The only way Shelby can hang on to her shredding sanity is to take things into her own hands and, once and for all, locate and apprehend Helen Brannon - the woman responsible for hijacking her fertility ... and her future.As Shelby closes in on her target, the stakes get higher and higher. But when Shelby finds Helen Brannon ... how far will she go?

Something is definitely rotten in the experimental settlement on Ceres.Jax wonders how it will affect her and her colleagues when along comes Nan and shows her a side to the complex she did not expect. Together, the two young women work to break the control the aliens have over the human settlers and begin to form the foundation of a fairer community.

A fractured world. An impossible friendship.When a mysterious ring suddenly appears on reclusive teenager Ellen's bookshelf, she is granted the power to travel miles away from everything she's ever known. There she meets Shard, a friendly dragon who offers to help Ellen grow her stunted-since-birth magic. Although it seems too good to be true, Ellen accepts, sure she can conquer her self-hatred by becoming an accomplished magician. Little does she know, her magical voyages have raised the suspicions of those who would destroy her.Young and lonely, Shard is determined to find his first friend in Ellen. But befriending a creature as detested as a human could spell banishment from his tribe - or worse. As the bond between them grows, they will have to face their deepest fears. If they can't, their friendship is doomed ... along with any chance they have of saving both their kinds from annihilation.