cover design and compilation by aspectabund cover artists (L-R): Iron Eater, morgie, serenity_winner, The Winter Cynic, quaedam, safelybeds, p_the_wanderer, beili, 2013, Alison Wilgus, DragonReine, Yuite Dio, staringatsuns, Neru Momochimuchi, aspectabund, melanofly

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He Will My Shield and Portion Be, by Himawari (ヒマワリ)

The Golden Rivet, by Iron Eater *

Broken Bridge, by Hiwaru Kibi (火悪 木美)

Attrition, by Kougyoku (紅玉) *

Gordon’s, Vodka, Kina Lillet, by Yukiyama Hibana (雪山 火花)

What Jack Ketch Knows Knot, by Aosora Hikaru (青空ヒカル)

Watch, by shukyou (主教) *

Quantification, by Kimyō Tabibito (奇妙 旅人) *

An Origin, by Ogiwara Saki (荻原咲)

* illustrated

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War’s End, by EMINA

Breaking Barriers, by Nebulosity Çiélon

Hello, Rupert, by whythemadman

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These stories worth your reading; which I doubt not;
For there is none of smut so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in our eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon your pants. The issue’s live:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry ‘Yay for gays and porn!’ –Your editors

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