The Dying of the Light
By Elizabeth Bear and Amber van Dyk

"When John Keats was my age, he had been dead for seven years. "

Dryad's Dilemma
By S. Evans

"The dryad leaned comfortably against Janet's back step, combing through its hair with slender green-tinged fingers. It heaved a silent sigh as it pulled something alive and wriggling away from its scalp. As Janet watched, it popped the scale beetle into its mouth, eyes closing with satisfaction as it chewed. "

The Odaeneid
By Toiya Kristen Finley

"In the SUV-bungalow at the edge of Olympic Trailer Park, a crashin and thunderin and lightnin rumbled within. Still steamed over the 'Golden Ball Incident,' goddess grey-eyed Athena Minerva took 'Cerberus Playing Poker' off-a Aphrodite Venus's living room wall and hurled it. Aphrodite Venus, goddess of things erotica, stuck the golden ball in her Wonder Brassiere and ducked behind the love seat."

Along Your Way
By Pam McNew

"You stand on the back deck and stare at your neighbor's yard, your yard. You're looking for Olympian hills, but there's only fresh mowed lawn, trimmed bushes and beyond the property line, a patch of saplings and weeds. You stare in that direction and try to figure it out for yourself. "

Conversations with the Sea
By Kenneth D. Woods

"I spun you out of sea foam; songs and prayers and water rising. I spun you out of sea foam. A boy just for me."