The Widow, by Emma Törzs

[BCS]

★★★☆☆

(Historical Horror) A young woman in 17th-Century Paris tells how the effort to treat her insane husband went awry. (5,682 words; Time: 18m)

High in the Clean Blue Air, by Emma Törzs

[Uncanny]

★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention

(Uncanny Horror) Alice prefers to stay in human form, but one of her own kind is after her seeking vengeance, and she’s got to find a way to protect herself before he finds her. (6,179 words; Time: 20m)

From the Root, by Emma Törzs

[Lightspeed]

★★★★☆ Clever and Satisfying

(Historical Fantasy) The narrator, a young regenitrix in Victorian London, tries to help an older one have her baby. For a regenitrix swiftly regrows any lost body parts, but childbirth is always fatal. (6,654 words; Time: 22m)