Michelle Gagnon read a scene from Don't Turn Around about a girl wearing Crocs while fleeing from doctors. Nick Nicastro read from a work in progress about the nefarious Bender family of Kansas. Max Tomlinson read from Sendero about the Shining Path, and a story about a pop star. Traci Chee read a fairy tale about a woman who suffers from a love of kissing, from Consonant Sounds for Fish Songs. Rob McLaughlin read a story of seduction featuring Duran Duran and gold glitter waterfalls.