FIFTH DI... December 2022 edited by Tyree Campbell

The Fifth Di… presents science fiction, fantasy, and horror for your reading
enjoyment. This issue includes magic, a problem with mer-people, an artist
toying with forbidden moonscapes, a conspiracy of regicide, and a romance
on the rocks that involves a werewolf god. Come meet these events and
the characters who deal with them in The Fifth Di…

Novelettes
Hospitality by Gustavo Bondini
To Kill a King by D. M. Recktenwalt
Ash and Burnt Roses by Lawrence Buontello

Short Stories
Lycaon’s Last Request by Angelique Fawns
One Story Short by Gustavo Bondini

Flash Fiction
The Non-Human Variant by G. O. Clark
Boy on Fire by Adam Breckenridge
Chrome Goo by Barbara Candiotti
The Noise Upstairs by Andrew Kozma

Poetry
Free For a Spell by Christina Sng
Fire and Ice by James Arthur Anderson
The Bermuda Triangle by Christina Sng

Illustrations
Moon Robbers by Denny Marshall
Mechanical Misfit by Denny Marshall