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Edited by Jamie Ibson and Chris Kennedy, We Dare is a collection of 15 all-new stories that explores the use of augmented humanity in the near future. From getting a new personality loaded with the skills you need for a mission to nanobots that keep you from being killed to creating an indestructible tank, anything is possible!

For Nick Soren, it was the best of times and the worst of times. Having made more money working for the devil than he could ever spend, he lived it up in a haze of booze and drugs. Until the devil put a hit out on him. On the run, Nick finds help from someone he never expected - another of the devil’s previous hit men - who wants Nick to kill the devil. But there are vampires and hell hounds on his tail, and that is going to make things...difficult. Can Nick get clear of the supernatural creatures hunting him long enough to take his shot and get revenge on the devil?

Will's life had always been normal. Normal school, normal friends, normal small town. But he had always thought that his parents might be a bit abnormal. Little does he know that they have been hiding a secret from him his entire life. Not only are they not normal, they're not even from Earth. And when Will is suddenly given a chance to attend the Bridgeworld Academy, his parents' alma mater in space, he finds out just how little he knew.

In a post-human society where machines rule, an aging worker bot must find a new battery before it permanently shuts down.

Will Hale was teaching a class in a distant city. One night, he went to bed with a fever. The next morning, he woke to silence. Hallways emptied. Roads clogged with stopped cars. TVs displaying static.

These 6 stories serve as a love letter to old anthologies, but with an Appalachian twist. Jump in on the horror of an infectious glowing orb from the sky, a redneck fight club with a supernatural contender, a cautionary tale of betrayal, a mysterious tape dropped off at a video store, a reflection on childhood trauma, and a brutal tale of revenge.