In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Aurora found herself navigating the chaotic realities of life in lockdown. She had taken to spending most of her time in the mirror world, exploring its hidden corners and reveling in its endless mysteries. But even in that surreal, otherworldly space, she could not escape the unfolding crisis facing our world.

As she wandered through one of the dense forest...

Brady, taking a break from his university work, found himself contemplating the years since he had left Wellmore and made his way through college and graduate school. No one, not even Mimi and her father, knew that over those years he had become famous. Well, not in.a personal way since he was rabid about his privacy, but he had worked on research for a new type of car battery that was now widely ...

Through the blue dome the moon was sea foam rising from a magenta sky. Myrtle watched her little brothers led the horses into the barn. Lithe and strong, her brothers were always babies in her mind. Myrtle’s smile thinned as footsteps came up behind her.

“You know we aren’t against your young, umm man. We support Android rights but we have our own ways,” Winona said. Myrtle didn’t turn to face he...