"Locked" by Sonia Kinyua is a coming-of-age short story exploring self-acceptance, Black hair, and identity, revealing how her journey with hair is shaped by her mother, peers, and ultimately herself.

In Hunt's story "Meena", caste and privilege are confronted as a young girl gains a complicated insight into the life of a maid’s daughter, revealing harsh social realities and lost childhoods in India.

“The Spirit Board” by Jonathan Brònico — In their new home, one family’s ghost story turns horrifyingly real when two children invite a restless spirit to play.