The authors are listed below alphabetically by first name:

Aaron Le: For Honor (p. 155), The Drawing of the Blade (p. 157), The Aftermath (p. 158)

Amy Tan: Winning the Lottery (p. 53), The Call (p. 102), Mommy (p. 129)

Ashley Maggia: Makara the Mythical Creature (p. 190), Makara Carries the Souls (p. 191), Makara the Protector (p. 192)

B.K.: The Dreaded Day (p. 47), The Best Day (p. 48), S’mores (p. 55)

C.B.: The Life of Bob (p. 68), The Rat (p. 80), Whatever Pops Into My Head (p. 93)

C.L.: The Beginning (p. 141), Revenge (p. 142)

Carlee Apel: Snow Day (p. 56)

​Catherine Frerker: The Farmer and the Apple Trees (p. 64), The Star-Gazing Astrologer (p. 65), The Sorcerer’s Ship (p. 105), The Magical Candle (p. 106), Hope (p. 112), Ease (p. 113), The Princess’s Sacrifice (p. 143), The Banished Goddess (p. 175), A Goblin’s Riddle: The Brahman Who Died By Poison (p. 194), A Goblin’s Riddle: The Old Man’s New Body (p. 195)

Chris Trulock: Mask Up (p. 66), Burn With Me (p. 75), Midnight Shift (p. 116), Alexa (p. 120), Regrettable Recycling (p. 130), Jekyll and Hyde (p. 152), Masks (p. 153), Seven Epic Sins: Lust (p. 180), Seven Epic Sins: Pride (p. 181), Seven Epic Sins: Envy (p. 182), Seven Epic Sins: Gluttony (p. 183), Seven Epic Sins: Sloth (p. 184), Seven Epic Sins: Greed (p. 185), Seven Epic Sins: Wrath (p. 186)

Connor McNeely: Loss (p. 33), Haunting Memories (p. 122), War Born (p. 144), Frozen Sunrise (p. 145), Coming of Age (p. 146), The Incompetent Crew (p. 150), The Concerningly Competent Crew (p. 151), Enter the Arena (p. 154), Revenge (p. 187)

Daphne Johnson: The Man in Corduroy (p. 121), The Shadow Person (p. 123), Deep Sleep (p. 124)

David Czovek: Precious Stones (p. 69)

Deepa Ganesan: Procrastination (p. 45), My Dog in Quarantine (p. 78)

Drew Miller: How I Feel (p. 27)

E. Cady Strech: Goodbye (p. 9), The Shoes (p. 30), The Worst Birthday (p. 104), Letting Go (p. 138), A Lady’s Weapons (p. 139), Not a Knight in Shining Armor (p. 140), No Ruler Has Clean Hands (p. 159), Aphrodite’s Love (p. 167), Born of the Sea (p. 168), Medusa’s Curse (p. 169)

Erin Bullock: Falling for Green Eyes (p. 12), The Library (p. 46), Ready to March (p. 50), A Last Look at Father (p. 147)

H.B.: A Summer’s Day (p. 38), Lockpicking Lawyer (p. 126)

Isha Patel: The Sun and Moon Are in Love (p. 14), Bloom (p. 15), There Are Butterflies When He Calls (p. 16), The Five Senses (p. 17), The Heart of a Wolf (p. 83)

Jeff Provine: Two-Word Horror Story (p. 44), Fluffy Kitty (p. 79), Pick a Card (p. 107), Magic Hat (p. 108)

Jennifer D. Brummett: The Horror Within (p. 127), Two-Sentence Horror: The Floorboards (p. 128), Inanna Takes Command of Heaven (p. 164), The Goddess Inanna Raids the Underworld (p. 165), Inanna and Shukaletuda (p. 166), Parvati Stops Shiva (p. 170), Saraswati Saves the Universe (p. 172), Tiamat, Babylonian Goddess of the Sea (p. 173), Mazu, Chinese Goddess of Fishermen and Sailors (p. 174), Ireland’s Boann, Goddess of the River Boyne (p. 176)

Jessica Gray: Psychic Story (p. 103)

Jordan D. Boydstun: Light’s Creation (p. 97), Dark’s Creation (p. 98)

Joshua Cohlmia: Moving to Oklahoma (p. 71)

Justin Ballou: Man and His Bow (p. 73)

K.J.S.: Cupid’s Second Letter to Psyche (p. 21), What Psyche Wished Cupid Knew (p. 22), Binnorie: Before He Cheats With My Sister! (p. 23), The Fairy Maiden and Connla (p. 177), Connla and the Fairy Maiden (p. 178)

K.V.: My Heart Beats Out Of My Chest (p. 72)

Kat Currey: Short Love (p. 10), Short Lived (p. 11), Short-Tale, Short-Tailed: A Beckoning (p. 99)

Keana Jones: False Haven (p. 6), Confidence: This Man Will Lift the Bow (p. 188), Hanuman on the Lookout (p. 189)

Kenzie R. Hanna: Echoes of a Child (p. 31), Defining Home (p. 40), Argument for Humanity (p. 117), I’m Not a Superhero Yet (p. 136), The Survival instinct (p. 137), Revolution (p. 161)

Krishna Gandhi: Two-Sentence Horror: Arts and Crafts (p. 125), The Last of the Humans (p. 160)

L.K.G.: The Sly Sheep and the Wolf (p. 84), The Kid and the Wolf (p. 85), The Owl and the Grasshopper (p. 87), Rabbit Races Tortoise (p. 88), Tortoise and Guinea-Fowl (p. 89), Tortoise and the Breadfruit (p. 109), The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal (p. 193)

Landon Rosckes: The Battle of a Lifetime (p. 36), The Noise (p. 132), The Culprit (p. 133)

Lanney Phillips: Let’s Try Some Riddles (p. 49), The Salamander and the Reed (p. 81)

Lauren Sardono: Henry Mills, The New Author (p. 110), Once Upon a Time: Beginning and Ending (p. 111)

Lewis Dolmas: The Sword in the Stone (p. 156)

Mélanie Cameron: His Love (p. 7), Her Love (p. 8), Krishna: The Reality (p. 19), Radha: The Farewell (p. 20), The Beginning: Beautiful Sky (p. 94), Blue or Black? (p. 95), A Race (p. 96)

Nathan Ulshafer: Bird’s-Eye View (p. 60)

Nicholas K.: Three Hundred Spartans: Death of Peace (p. 148), Wish it, Want It, Receive It? (p. 149)

P.T.: Buddha: The Truth of the World (p. 74), The Sky is Falling (p. 86)

Rachael Sitton: Feeling Blue (p. 13), What Wolves See (p. 82), Fairy Rings (p. 114)

Rachel Fisher: Spinning My Cares Away (p. 61), Once You Choose, You Are Committed (p. 62), What I Wish My Best Friend Knew (p. 67)

Rebecca: Light (p. 18)

Reid Meadows: The Unknown (p. 39)

Rishikaa Singh: A Fool’s Gold (p. 171)

S.K.: Three Years (p. 32), Dammit! (p. 34), COVID Short Story (p. 35), Gift Card (p. 54), Emerald (p. 70), Power (p. 115), Why, Daddy? (p. 131)

Sara Haugland: What It’s Like to Be a Twin (p. 37)

Savannah Kotkin: Zelinda and the Monster: Father Goes to Town (p. 24), Zelinda and the Monster: In the Castle (p. 25), Zelinda and the Monster: The Monster’s Plan (p. 26), A New Thursday (p. 51), Flower Garden of Great Renown (p. 52), The Jersey Devil (p. 90), Chupacabra (p. 91), Bigfoot (p. 92)

Tyler Schwemley: New Beginnings (p. 41), New Beginnings: Tweet (p. 42), Books are Worlds (p. 57), Books are Worlds: In Six Words (p. 58), The Adaptation: Seeing Really Is Believing (p. 59)