Ain't no sunshine / Christopher L. Smith and Michael J. Ferguson -- Recruiting exercise / David Weber -- Spoils of war / Kacey Ezell -- The privileges of violence / Steve Diamond -- A goddess in red / Griffin Barber -- Kuro / Hinkley Correia -- Sweet seduction / Laurell K. Hamilton -- A string of pearls / Alistair Kimble -- Honey fall / Sarah A. Hoyt -- Three Kates / Mike Massa -- Worth the scars of dying / Patrick M. Tracy -- The frost queen / Robert Buettner -- Bombshell / Larry Correia.