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'For Love or Land' - Ri Herring
Poem - Fantasy
What would you do for the love of a lady... and a nice chunk of real estate to go with it? A poem on an epic scale, about a solider who became a hero, and why.

'Hero' - Megan E. McCarthy
Poem - Fantasy
How does the damsel-in-distress feel about it all? Read this for an amusing look at what happens after the lady is saved.

'Untitled-- for those betrayed by love' - Carolyn VanEseltine
Poem - Horror
It's a dark and bitter love in this story; love as a heart-breaker, love as a heart-taker. A very unusual style with distinctive imagery.

'A Ballad Of Love' - Eric Ford
Poem - Fantasy
A poem for those out there who are fortunate enough to be in love right now.

'Torn Loyalties' - Kimberley 'Bryndri' Kondratieff
Poem - SciFi
If you were torn between two worlds, torn between loyalty and honor, or love and happiness, which would you choose?

'Everything but love' - Jon 'Lord Fnar' Stevens
Poem - Fantasy
A short, lyrical piece that asks: how much would you give up for love?

'The Butterfly's Tale' - Megan 'Ciri' Larson
Stand Alone - Fantasy
An unusual and sad tale that underscores how if you truly love someone, you should set them free.

'Kiss' - Joshua J Marsh
Series - Fantasy
A hilarious tale with a strong heroine who has her own opinions on love, and who is determined that she will be no man's prize.

'Virtual Kiss' - Klaus 'The Sphinx' Zepf
Stand Alone - Science Fiction
A tale of love on the Net in a future that is frighteningly like today.

'A Lover's Quest' - Liz Salazar
Stand Alone - Fantasy/Mythology
A decidedly humorous and quirky little story set in Ancient Greece, involving the God of Love, a twist, and... goats.

'Sunrunner, Sunrunner' - Stephen M. Courtney
Stand Alone - Science Fiction
What price might the stars take from you? Your life, your home... your heart?

'Dangerous Relations' - Lorrie J Harris
Series - Horror
Oh how easy it is to fall in love with someone on the Internet and yet never know what kind of person they may truly be.

'The Face Within' - Esther SP. Lai
Series - Horror/Modern Fantasy
Beauty is greater than skin deep and true love sees beyond the surface.

'Mythic' - Rebecca J.R. Gordon
Series (unfinished) - Fantasy/Mythology
A retelling of Egyptian mythology about Sutekh's loves and losses, from his point of view.

'Gaze' - Gabriella Jönsson
Stand Alone - Fantasy/Modern
A tragic tale of a man and his love for the ocean and its embodiment.

'Weeping Willow' - Ilona Lamminen
Stand Alone - Fantasy
Love can be cruel, and make those who touch it pay a terrible price.

Thank you to everyone who recommended stories this month, even those that didn't make the final cut. We thoroughly enjoyed reading them and we just wish we'd had room to include them all.

March's theme is "Rain" -- stories and poems in the rain, involving the rain, about the rain, dedicated to the rain, we'll take them all, so long as water is falling from the sky.

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	Kassandra Siegel is very good at starting things, and not nearly as good at finishing them. A college student in the United States, she's recently decided to attempt a career in writing, and spends most of her time either trying to find her head or pursuing whatever her latest addiction is.
	HD Leonard lives in a cold, faraway land commonly known as Scotland.