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Listing 23 stories.

A woman is employed by wealthy individuals to eat the sins of their recently deceased relatives.

In an alternate America, white people allow demons to possess them in order to help them keep Black people out of their communities. A reporter researches a famous exorcist and activist, recording his last heroic act against a town full of demons.

In a Thai village, the life of a boy who the head monk believes has unlocked the highest state of enlightenment is jeopardized when the village chief seeks to exploit the local festival of floating lanterns for profit. Upon finding out the Thai village chief's evil scheme for the local lantern festival, a precocious child's life is threatened.

A girl, considered the chosen one of her people, uncovers the secret of those who will soon make their sacred return.

At a monk retreat, a guilty pharmacist tries to reclaim his attention span—and take accountability for what he has done.

An unnamed narrator uses their own flesh and blood to cast evil spells and curses onto those who stand in their way. An unnamed narrator recounts the way they are able to cast spells by tearing off and consuming their own flesh and blood, and explains what has happened to those who have crossed them.

When Laura attends a show and is escorted to the "dress circle" seats, she's horrified to discover that she has become part of the performance, whether she likes it or not.

A young girl wants to be a religious saint and tries to figure out what kind of sacrifice will be big enough for God to make her one.

An act of compassion puts a trapeze master in India on a collision course with a terrifying supernatural power.

In a village where girls are offered up as wives to a mysterious god, a beautiful but vain teenage girl seeks to replace her sister as the all-powerful god's wife.