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Unless, of course, there are hidden peepholes or things lurking within secret passageways. One can never tell what trouble curious guests will find themselves in if they look too close and see too much. Prying eyes and hands have led more than one person down a not-so-primrose path much to their dismay. Also, the unwary host may invite more than he bargains for when he ushers in someone from the cold. Long lost family or strangers in unfortunate circumstances are occasionally revealed as wolves in sheep's clothing with gleaming eyes trained on the hand that had just fed them. Travelers get lost, people go missing and homes become unnaturally empty. But, of course, such a thing would never happen here. Once a month, guests drop by for a brief visit to delight, intrigue and terrify. Then, they are gone. Just as it should be. No one wants a guest to overstay their welcome. Even such honored guests as these. January - Cats and Dogs and Maybe a Pig by Kevin Shamel - Vance is in lust with his father's girlfriend, Liz. This has been a fact since he's being in high school. One odd thing... Liz and Vance's dad don't have sex. That is just the way it was. However, this weekend, his father is out of town and Liz is over looking like she wants something his father never gets and Vance is determined to get it. February - The Valley by Alana Joli Abbot - True love is the hardest thing to get over. It is also the strongest reason one can have for retribution. In the story of "The Valley", the land of the dead itself cries out for retribution against having its people taken from it and love, in all its forms, is its most vicious weapon. March - The Protest of Emmanuel Jenkins by Jason Muller - This is what happens when a dead man objects to the desecration of his tomb and the attempt to rebury him in another town of a relative's choosing years after Emmanuel's death. As one unlucky gravedigger discovers, the dead are indeed restless and do have most definite opinions they expect to be upheld. April - Squirm by Doug Goodman - If you had the chance to go back in time to avenge a wrong before it happened, would you? Even if it meant that you had to murder someone in cold blood? Kyle Williams gets this chance but things do not go as planned. May - Hotter Than Hell by Mischa Sagan - Deep in the Chicago summer months, during a deadly heat wave fit to set records, Abigail is asked to take in a poor refugee and her daughters. Reluctant but unable to say no to this request, she does and discovers something; an evil worth fighting against. June - Rug of War by T.J. Mino - The sins of war follow after their makers like a hunting dog fetching its master's prey. In this story, the sin is the death of thousands, including one unremarkable family with one remarkable woman. With her life's blood, she ensures that her family's murderer does not go free. July - Birth of a Hunter by Dylan Birtolo - With the murder of his friend and mentor, Gabriel is set upon the path of destiny. As part of that journey, he must hunt down this murderer and retrieve what was stolen. However, just as Gabriel is, the murderer is more than he seems. August - Lonely Cries the Winter Wind by Patrice Sarath - Thomas is a man under siege. He is also more than a man who believes he is alone - as he must be - for the coming battle. However, allies arrive from unexpected quarters and will not take 'no' for an answer. Then, things take an unexpected turn that will change his life forever. |
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The phrase "guest quarters" brings to mind the cordial hospitality of gentler times when family and friends would visit not just for a weekend but for weeks on end. Such visits were well prepared for and looked to with great anticipation. Guests were given their own dwelling space within the home. It allowed them both closeness to the host family and the privacy that guests and hosts needed to maintain that cordiality.