Running Wlid Novella Anthology Volume 7: Book 2

Cold Spring, Minnesota by Rachel Coyne Deana knows she needs to run for her life; she's concealing a pregnancy from her now deployed and always violent husband. Its not his. But Cold Spring, Minnesota is where her family is - a teenage sister with a new baby and too many choices and a mother who is coming apart from grief and anger over her son's recent death in Afghanistan. The only home she's known and the family she's trying to save will either save Deana or condemn her. Friendly Ghost by Stephanie Weber Friendly Ghost is about a newly single, shy young woman living on her own for the first time. She quickly finds that she is not actually alone - a ghost haunts her apartment! She and the strange ghost form an unusual bond as they help each other with unfinished business. Truth and Consequences by Kaitlyn Rich What are we looking for on long road trips? What finds us? Sometimes journeys of self-discovery lead us to places we don't want to go. Truth and Consequences explores the reliability of narrative and what happens when we lose control of the stories we tell ourselves. Departures by Jeffrey Doka When a marketer dies and shows up to work the next day, his team discovers that he no longer needs food or sleep. In tech-company form, they exploit their undead co-worker's new gifts to climb the ladder. Unfortunately, on their way to the top, none of them realize the true danger closing in on their undead colleague.