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WANTED: DEAD OR DISINTEGRATED: For crimes innumerable, we sentence SCUMMY S. SCUMMERTON of the ship-meteor “Planet Scumm” to death, by any means. Their numerous breaches of galactic law include:

• Theft and Destruction of Memory-Encoded Historical Documents, and the Willful Impartation of Grievous Harm to the Nervous Systems of Certain Living Historians

• Unlicensed Production and Sale of Robotic Honey and Related Products, Including (But Not Limited To) Robot-Wax Candles and Robot-Wax Lip Balms

• Impersonation of a Religious Figure and Unsafe Handling of Restricted Sacramental Foodstuffs

• Shapeshifting Without Concern for Public Welfare, and Outside the Bounds of Good Taste 

• Egregious Use of Puns, Puzzles, Riddles, Stumpers and Brain-Teasers as an Inducement for Unpaid Labor 

• Walking of a Dog Without a Collar

Physical description: A slimy green [REDACTED] with a [REDACTED] sense of humor, and a huge [REDACTED]. Repeat—a HUGE [REDACTED].

If you see an individual matching this description, DO NOT APPROACH THEM. Instead, calmly alert your nearest law enforcement professional or dashing bounty hunter. 

Our chilly winter horror issue has arrived! Issue #8 features the stories:

• Bookends by Maya Dworsky-Rocha

• A Taste of the Sweet Stuff by Harris Coverley

• Prodigal by Steve DuBois

• Shapeshifters by Maureen Bowden

• Lazarus by Anna Catalano

• Good Boy by Luke Foster

• Original art by Jordan Alarcon and Sam Rheaume