From legends of murder, and undead killers walking, to missing girls, deadly diseases, suspense and gore aplenty; from sleuths and detectives, murder and vengeance enter into a world of crime, clues and mayhem.Table of Contents"Courageous" by Russ Crossley"Who Unkilled Johnny Murder?" by Robert Jeschonek"What Leads A Man To Murder" by Joslyn Chase"By Dawn's Bloody Light" by DeAnna Knippling"Nice Man Jack" by Dave Franklin

They come from distant stars and worlds beyond our own. Strange, dangerous, fascinating - dare you face the aliens? Dare you learn their secrets?Here Be Aliens!Table of Contents"Fade to Gold" by Stefon Mears"Scifi Motherlode" by Robert Jeschonek"The Great Succession Crisis" by Laurel A. Rockefeller"Alien Blue" by DeAnna Knippling"Alien Influences" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"The Sun Doctors" by Meyari McFarland

In a Paris riddled by old, new, and wild magic, a rule-breaking ex-pat guards magical artifacts from newly rampant jewel thieves. But when uniquely disruptive magic thwarts his latest job, he must track the unusual sorcery to its source...On a moon with duels, sorcerers, and magic-driven spaceships, a small-time wizard and helioship pilot teams up with a master duelist to fight the corrupt great families who oppress everyone not of their order.A mourning bootmaker, a street...