Fresh cuts 2.

A scorned lover plans a modern revenge worse than death, a little genius' curiosity causes trouble with one twisted tooth fairy, a grim warning from a woman whose job it is to protect us from what happens while we sleep, and more stories across the spectrum between flash-bang carnival thrills and the mounting dread of inescable sacrifice. From the power of metaphorical revelations to the unsettling idea of literally taking off or putting on a skin, these stories in different genres offer diverse interpretations of what it means to be skinned alive.