The Fifth Di... presents science fiction, fantasy, and spooky horror for your reading enjoyment. This issue includes magic, a problem with mer-people, an artist toying with forbidden moonscapes, a conspiracy of regicide, and a romance on the rocks that involves a werewolf god. Come meet these events and the characters who deal with them in The Fifth Di... Novelettes Hospitality by Gustavo Bondini To Kill a King by D. M. Recktenwalt Ash and Burnt Roses by Lawrence Buontello Short Stories Lycaon's Last Request by Angelique Fawns One Story Short by Gustavo Bondini Flash Fiction The Non-Human Variant by G. O. Clark Boy on Fire by Adam Breckenridge Chrome Goo by Barbara Candiotti The Noise Upstairs by Andrew Kozma Poetry Free For a Spell by Christina Sng Fire and Ice by James Arthur Anderson The Bermuda Triangle by Christina Sng Illustrations Moon Robbers by Denny Marshall Mechanical Misfit by Denny Marshall