The Words of Dr. L FD25 causing waste and loss of

causing waste and loss of human potential

Juva is a descendant of blood readers

their mission begins

as the 'hothousing' and testing of children begins at an ever-younger age

Dhaliwal creates a land ruled by magic and fire

The Words of Dr. L FD25 causing waste and loss ofGrounded in both the contemporary United States and a variety of dystopias, the new stories in Karen E. Bender's third collection examine the evolving dynamics of the nuclear family in adolescence, motherhood, the empty nest, and caring for the aging parent. From a young woman who wants to learn secret words to terminate a pregnancy to a mother who discovers an extra child in her home she had forgotten about, to a couple separated from their son in