Phase 5 Annual Review: Short Fictions Vol. 1 ----- Volume 1 of the Phase 5 Annual Review: Short Fictions features nine short works of fantasy and science fiction by talented authors from Europe and the United States. Here you will find mutants, vampires, dangerously talented folks, ghosts, bots and aliens all nestled in with their all-too-human neighbors in settings as varied as urban fantasy, post-apocalyptic, timeless and alien. So sit down with your beverage of choice and step through the portal to some new adventures and a well-earned leisurely stroll through the gardens. ----- Contains: Doriann's Choice by Allen L. Wold; The Shadow by Sergei Gerasimov; Passage by Michelle Herndon; Drucy's Tale by K.R. Gentile; Observatory Gardens by James McCarthy; The Life of a Romantic by Nana P. Vej; Penance by Arnold Cassell; Robbery by Michelle Herndon; Lil Red & The Baron by K.R. Gentile; The Scorched Earth - Introduction and Partial Lexicon by K.R. Gentile -----