Hainted, by Ashley Blooms

[F&SF]

★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention

(Horror) Little Dallas goes looking in the coal mine for lost bits of her father’s spirit that she’s sure would make him a better man again if she can only find them and bring them back to him. (6,029 words; Time: 20m)

The Dead Father Cookbook, by Ashley Blooms

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(Horror) The narrator wants to bring her father back from the dead, but first she has to trick her brother into helping eat his cremated remains. (6,038 words; Time: 20m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

Subtract one star if you're easily grossed out.