Tais Teng's Queen of Swords guards the gates to a new Erm Kaslo story from Matthew Hughes, mysteries deepen for Frankie Ray in Mel Anastasiou's The Extra, and JM Landels's Toinette arrives in Paris. Short fiction from Christi Nogle and Melisa Gregorio, and poetry from Patti Pangborn and Sarah Summerson, plus a short comic from Rina Piccolo.