Illustration © 2009 Lee Kuruganti
| Need by Laura Eno | Moral Census by Gennady Favel |
| Gingerbread Lady by Michael Lee Johnson | Corn Cob Cabin by John A. Ward |
| Sniper's Choice by BJ Bourg | Not today, Cheree by Sean Monaghan |
| Coulrophobia Catharsis by Chris DeWildt | |
| Grandma's Prince by Elliot Richard Dorfman | Rosebay Willowherb by Oonah Joslin |
| Some Luck by Kristi Stokes | Elmwood Hollow by Brian Barnett |
| The Children That Weren't There by Wayne Summers | Octavio the Clown's Last Act by Rion Amilcar Scott |
| Rat Trap by Carl Plumer | A Taste of Midnight by Patrick Iversen |