From the quarterly online magazine, "Zahir: A Journal of Speculative Fiction," here is the complete collection from 2010. These twenty-four stories come from all over the rich and varied map of speculative fiction. Some are recognizable as sci-fi, fantasy, or magical realism, while others seem to have invented categories all their own. Works of luminous imagination and psychological depth, these are stories that will stay with you long after you've closed the book and turned out the light.

From "Zahir: A Journal of Speculative Fiction," here are the collected stories of 2011. By turns magical, frightening, charming, funny, and heartbreaking, these are rich and evocative works of literary imagination that explore the strange, unexpected, and darker corners of the human heart.

Strange things are afoot... A ghost wanders the corridors of an old hotel, pondering his origins. An antique mirror, bought at a garage sale, reflects more than it should. A strange fungal growth on a cellar wall tries to communicate. In the corner of a thrift store, a sentient leather jacket waits patiently. A young couple discovers a very unusual elevator in their newly purchased home. In these and other stories, things are never quite what they seem. The world is a mysterious place full of shadows and dark corners where anything can happen-and does.