Michael David Lukas read about a missionary meeting a carpet salesman on a ship en route for the Ottoman Empire. Angie Chau brought her classic story "Dating 101." Heather Fowler delivered "Psychic Pigeon," a story about how complicated inter-personal communication can be when you're not a pigeon. Andrew Dugas told of a girl entering a dark forest in search of kittens. Maisha Z Johnson evoked LGBT travel in Trinidad, and La Diablesse who roams at night.

l