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Frank had it all figured out: a few under-the-the table money transfers, a new identity, and a plan to live out his retirement years a self-made man. He would have succeeded too, if it werent for an untimely surprise. Instead, he wakes up in a hospital to find that a couple of his coworkers have their...

Everybody has those days. The ones where you realize that things aren't what they used to be and may never be again. So you trek off to the doctor's office for a tonic or pill and hope for the best. When the doctor starts with "you're getting older," it's never going to end well. And, if he's going to...

Domestic disturbance calls to the residence of Booth and Stacey Keiser aren't uncommon. Keiser, a State Police trooper, is known for his volatile temper, and his wife has often been the target for his rage. So officers of the Swatara Creek Police Department aren't surprised when the couple are found...

The beautiful, majestic Boulder Valley. Where locals can enjoy everything that the Montana wilderness has to offer. Where tourists can get away from it all, and relax beside a rushing mountain river. The Boulder Valley. Where a deranged, psychopath hunts for his next victims. The Killings in Boulder Valley is a terrifying short story of murder, love, and revenge.

Maureen is facing the prospect of a depressing Christmas after her husband Bob loses his job and she's forced to clean hotel rooms. When Bob's former boss is murdered, she thinks there's a chance that the couple's luck has changed. Unfortunately, for Maureen, her luck just got a lot worse. A holiday short story from the author of DEATH BY JELLO.

Eleven-year-old Travis has learned to be glib in the process of selling his mothers handmade products door-to-door to help contribute to his poverty-stricken familys finances. Usually, the seventh-grader only works the immediate twenty-square-block low-rent neighborhood, where he has become a familiar...

Ames wasnt sure if he was a hired thief or a hired assassin. For this job, he supposed he would be both. He wasnt happy about the arrangements: he was far from home, freezing cold, and teamed with people he neither liked nor trusted. And, this morning, he had found an anonymous note in his coat pocket...

Identical twins can cause all kinds of difficulty when someone is attempting to decide who is who, not only when both are alive but also when one has died. Which one has died? How do you prove it? It gets even worse when somebody is charged with murdering the one who died. Did he kill the one that everyone...

Like most house cats, Amos isn't owned by anybody, but he owns a human named Jeff. When Jeff's life is threatened, Amos has a reason for being a hero. If Jeff were to die, who would feed Amos, clean his litter box, brush his fur and generally look after him? So Amos takes matters into his own hands or rather his own claws and teeth - and does the job. A short story.

It's Thanksgiving Day and Josh Katzen finds himself just off the coast of Turkey aboard the Diogenes, the converted minesweeper used as a dive platform for underwater archaeology. All is not well in the kitchen because the Turkish cook couldn't find pecans for the pecan pie. Trying to escape the volatile...

Inspector Helmes and his trusty sidekick, Watkins, know they have their work cut out for them in solving the murder of Paddy O'Toole, the Grand Leprechaun. However, nothing can prepare them for the strange lineup of suspects they encounter at the annual Holiday Icon Convention. Another holiday short from the author of DEATH BY JELLO and CHRISTMAS IN KILLARNEY.

Take everything you've ever known about mysteries, and get ready to toss it out the window. Preferably at the neighbor who stole your newspaper this morning. Go on. We'll wait here. This story is a spoof of murder mysteries and courtroom dramas, with a bit of science fiction thrown in. It is told, well,...

The Firebird Scouts of Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan. Somehow or another, they've managed to survive an attack from a werewolf in their last adventure, as well as each others competing personalities. But this time, when they have to overcome a garden that literally takes on a life of its own, can they...

When a stranger walks into the neighborhood bar, The Fine Kettle O'Fish, Finn and the others aren't sure what to think of him--at first. Soon, it's apparent that Malcolm, the new guy, is bothering everyone's favorite striptease artist, Violet, who has had a rough time climbing out of the gutter. Something is lurking in Mal's past, and something has to be done. A short story.