<p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Politeness is the glue that holds society together. We are all expected to do our part-a pressure ripe with horror. Rotten even. Whether we adhere to this contract or defy it there are consequences. These fifteen stories respond to promises made for us promises of compliance that cost too much to keep.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Featuring Nadia Bulkin Shenoa Carroll-Bradd Ariel Marken Jack Gwendolyn Kiste Avra Margariti J.A.W. McCarthy R.L Meza Marisca Pichette J. Rohr Simone le Roux Angela Sylvaine Nadine Aurora Tabing Sara Tantlinger D. Matthew Urban and Gordon B. White.</span></p>