Those We Serve, by Eugenia Triantafyllou

[Interzone]

★★★☆☆

(Android SF) Manoli is just an android copy of the real Manoli, but for thirty years he’s been doing a good job running a resort on a Greek island. Each season it gets harder, though. (5,753 words; Time: 19m)

My Country Is A Ghost, by Eugenia Triantafyllou

[Uncanny]

★★☆☆☆

(Allegory) An immigrant is distressed because her mother’s ghost is confiscated at the border. (4,650 words; Time: 15m)

We Are Here to Be Held, by Eugenia Triantafyllou

[Strange Horizons]

★★★☆☆ Average

(Slipstream) When you’re 12 years old, you don’t expect your mom to swallow you whole and only spit you out years later when you’re past puberty. (2,188 words; Time: 07m)

Cherry Wood Coffin, by Eugenia Triantafyllou

[Apex]

★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention

(Horror) The coffin maker hears voices three days before people die, telling him what sort of coffin to make. There are good reasons to listen to those voices. (727 words; Time: 02m)