Killer hooks and fishy characters will lure you into this fifth anthology from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This volume nets you twenty-two crafty capers featuring slippery eels, wily sharks, and hard-boiled crabs. From ultra-modern computer crimes to old-fashioned confidence tricks, these tales are sure to satisfy your appetite for great short mystery fiction.<P> Introduction, by Debra H. Goldstein<BR> The Wannabe, by Lida Bushloper<BR> Nova, Capers, and a Schmear of Cream Cheese, by Debra H. Goldstein<BR> Windfall, by Rita A. Popp<BR> Who Stole My Lunch?, by Kate Fellowes<BR> Nine Lives of Husbands and Wives, by Chelle Martin<BR> The Lost Mine of Don Fernando, by Anna Castle<BR> Scrabble-Rousers, by K.M. Rockwood<BR> The Retirement Plan, by Mary Fern Ross<BR> Room and Board, by Vinnie Hansen<BR> Payout Payback, by Susan Bickford<BR> My Night with the Duke of Edinburgh, by Susan Daly<BR> The A-List, by C.C. Guthrie<BR> The Great Negotiator, by Raegan Teller<BR> For Want of a Grade, by T.Y. Euliano<BR> Exit Interview, by Beth Green<BR> The Dark Underground, by Steve Shrott<BR> The Trouble with Trouble, by Lesley Mang<BR> It Tastes Like Cardboard, by Joan Leotta<BR> The Hollerith Effect, by Andrew MacRae<BR> The Fork, the Spoon, and the Knife, by T.G. Wolff<BR> The Funeral Home Heist, by MaryAlice Meli<BR> Power of Attorney, by James M. Jackson
"Once upon a time" is a magical phrase; an incantation that conjures stories into being and gives them life. What we now call «fairy tales» outlived their original creators, outlasted their descendants, and one day might very well survive the death of our species. When, and if, humanity leaves this planet, fairy tales will make the journey too – into the far-flung reaches of the galaxy and into the distant dimension of the future. <P> How different will the fairy tales of the future be from the stories told around hearth fires a thousand years ago? I suspect they will be utterly different and yet completely familiar. <P> – from Katherine Tomlinson's introduction<P> The Seed Stitch Solution, by Ginn Hale<BR> How to Marry Off Your Human, by Shauna Roberts<BR> Whitey and Red: The Hunt for Ursa, by Bonnie Hearn Hill<BR> The Plague of Hamelin, by Clare Toohey<BR> The Bear, the Hare, and the Spider, by R.C. Barnes<BR> The Pretty Duckling, by Unni Turrettini<BR> The Artifact on Svijet Five, by Kat Parrish<BR> Ella and the Ball, by Kaye George<BR> The Gift of the Crystals, by Cate Parker<BR> The Girl with the Cybernetic Hands, by John Donald Carlucci<BR> Chosen One, by Maki Morris<BR> Mermaid in Manhattan, by Melanie Kinder<BR> The Empress’s New App, by Stacy Renee Lucas<BR> Alice Through the SnapFace Filter, by Megan McCord<BR> Los ahogados (The Drowned), by Kathleen Alcalá<BR> Bluebeard, by Kitamu Latham-Sampier<BR> The Frog Prince, by Stephanie Vega-Gonzalez<BR> Beast, by Christine Pope
13 writers spin tales crime around the theme of animals. A pet groomer. A pet crow. A dog named Rasputin. Exploding cattle. Even an octopus figures in a mystery. Contributors include: Chris Grabenstein (Introduction), Shari Randall, Carla Coupe, KM Rockwood, Alan Orloff, Eleanor Cawood Jones, Robin Templeton, Barb Goffman, Marianne Wilski Strong, Linda Lombardi, Josh Pachter, Joanna Campbell Slan, Cathy Wiley, and Karen Cantwell.
The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition – 30 original tales set around the world! Included are:<P> The Barrister's Clerk, by Michael Robertson<BR> The Belle Hope, by Peter DiChellis<BR> Arroyo, by Michael Bracken<BR> Muskeg Man, by Keenan Powell<BR> The End of the World, by Susan Breen<BR> To Protect the Guilty, by Kerry Hammond<BR> Dying in Dokesville, by Alan Orloff<BR> The House in Glamaig's Shadow, by William Burton McCormick<BR> Summer Smugglers, by Triss Stein<BR> The Jamaican Ice Mystery, by John Gregory Betancourt<BR> Death at the Congressional Cemetery, by Verena Rose<BR> Cabin in the Woods, by Sylvia Maultash Warsh<BR> Mad About You, by G. M. Malliet<BR> What Goes Around, by Kathryn Johnson<BR> Summer Job, by Judith Green<BR> Death in a Strange and Beautiful Place, by Leslie Wheeler<BR> We Shall Fight Them, by Carla Coupe<BR> Marigold in the Lake, by Susan Thibadeau<BR> Murder on the Northern Lights Express, by Susan Daly<BR> Czech Mate, by Kristin Kisska<BR> Keep Calm and Love Moai, by Eleanor Cawood Jones<BR> Isaac's Daughters, by Anita Page<BR> A Divination of Death, by Edith Maxwell<BR> Payback With Interest, by Cheryl Marceau<BR> Island Time, by Laura Oles<BR> If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Murder, by Josh Pachter<BR> The Breaker Boy, by Harriette Sackler<BR> Death on the Beach, by Shawn Reilly Simmons<BR> Ridgeline, by Peter W. J. Hayes<BR> Ho'oponopono, by Robin Templeton<P> Also features a new Foreword, by Nancy Pickard
George Scithers published AMRA, a leading sword and sorcery fanzine, beginning in 1959. The term «swords and sorcery» first appeared there, and AMRA became a leading proponent of the subgenre. Several of the articles originally published in AMRA were later re-printed as part of two volumes about Conan the Barbarian, which Scithers co-edited with L. Sprague de Camp. Contributors to the magazine included all the leading fantasists of the day: Poul Anderson, L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, and many more.
George Scithers published AMRA, a leading sword and sorcery fanzine, beginning in 1959. The term «swords and sorcery» first appeared there, and AMRA became a leading proponent of the subgenre. Several of the articles originally published in AMRA were later re-printed as part of two volumes about Conan the Barbarian, which Scithers co-edited with L. Sprague de Camp. Contributors to the magazine included all the leading fantasists of the day: Poul Anderson, L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, and many more.
George Scithers published AMRA, a leading sword and sorcery fanzine, beginning in 1959. The term «swords and sorcery» first appeared there, and AMRA became a leading proponent of the subgenre. Several of the articles originally published in AMRA were later re-printed as part of two volumes about Conan the Barbarian, which Scithers co-edited with L. Sprague de Camp. Contributors to the magazine included all the leading fantasists of the day: Poul Anderson, L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, and many more.
George Scithers published AMRA, a leading sword and sorcery fanzine, beginning in 1959. The term «swords and sorcery» first appeared there, and AMRA became a leading proponent of the subgenre. Several of the articles originally published in AMRA were later re-printed as part of two volumes about Conan the Barbarian, which Scithers co-edited with L. Sprague de Camp. Contributors to the magazine included all the leading fantasists of the day: Poul Anderson, L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, and many more.