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UPDATES ON PROJECTS SILENT NIGHTMARES – TABLE OF CONTENTS

YOU, HUMAN: Vol. 2 – TABLE OF CONTENTS

All contracts are signed, so I can formally announce the final Table of Contents for YOU, HUMAN: Vol. 2, as well as the updated cover. Out of the millions of words received (all novelettes), here’s the line-up and structure of the anthology:

“Three Laws of Humanity” poetry by Linda D. Addison
Poetry illustrations by Orion Zangara
Fiction illustrations by L.A. Spooner

00. “Introduction” by Maxwell I. Gold

I. Being I

01. “TBA” by Josh Malerman
02. “One Brown Mouse” by Gary A. Braunbeck
03. “Under the Skin” by J. Lincoln Fenn
04. “When Did It Happen?” by Erinn L. Kemper

II. Watching You

05. “Doubt” by Will McMahon
06. “Immortalized” by Ngô Bình Anh Khoa
07. “A Hollow Where the Screams Have Gone” by Hailey Piper
08. “AI Chronicles: Properties of a Human Curse” by Eugen Bacon

III. They Become One

09. “Time for a (R)Evolution!: A Documentary” by Sachin Baliga
10. “All the Names You Didn’t Choose” by Ai Jiang
11. “The Touch of an Old Friend’s Hand” by Scott Edelman
12. “Emergence” by Bruce Golden

The plan is to have the anthology out by Summer, 2025.

If you need to catch up on the original volume of You, Human . . .

Bram Stoker Award-winning editor Michael Bailey brings you a genre-bending anthology of dark science fiction and poetry, with fiction illustrated beautifully throughout by world-renowned artist L.A. Spooner, poetry and spot illustrations by the always-impressive Orion Zangara, and an incredible introduction on humanness by New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson. Cover artwork by George C. Cotronis. Also features the Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story “Jupiter Drop” by Josh Malerman.