With the goal of discovering the best voices in speculative fiction from across the world, Book Smugglers Publishing publishes original short fiction featuring subversive, feminist, and diverse perspectives. Book Smugglers Publishing’s Fall 2014 theme is Subversive Fairy Tales, and comprises six original short stories for the discerning reader. Hunting Monsters Written by S.L. Huang Cover art by Kristina Tsenova Available on 10/7/14 ISBN-13: 9781942302001 | Word Count: 6,600 | USD $2.99 Read Hunting Monsters for free online HERE (available now) “Happy birthday, child. Careful not to shoot any grundwirgen.” Ever since she was a small girl, she has learned to be careful on the hunt, to recognize the signs that separate regular animals from human-cursed grundwirgen. To harm a grundwirgen is a crime punishable by death by the King’s decree – a fatal mistake that her Auntie Rosa and mother have carefully prepared her to avoid. On her fifteenth birthday, when her mother is arrested and made to stand trial for grundwirgen murder, everything she thought she knew about her family and her past comes crashing down. Auntie Rosa has always warned her about monsters. Now, she must find and confront them to save her mother, no matter the cost. […]