Passing Judgment is a compact collection of twelve short stories about people who deliver their own form of justice. These are tales about breaking the rules and seeking retribution, especially when the law fails. Bad guys sometimes do the right thing. Desperate good guys cross the line. In the end, justice is blind-she doesn't care which side of the law a person lands as long as the scales get balanced. Inside you'll find stories about: A Senator collects historic guns, each responsible for shooting a sitting President. Guilt drives a desperate man to seek redemption through acts of...

Alternate Endings features a dozen short stories of fantastic fiction. These are tales about people who grasp at the chance to fulfill their greatest desires. They suspect the road not taken doesn't always end happily and know the path they're on can lead to unexpected places. Choices change the course of lives. Each new day offers opportunities that propel them toward alternate endings. Inside you'll find stories about: A woman who buys a flea market treasure containing an ancient surprise. An alien invasion unites Jeremiah and his Man-in-Black father as they face attack. A trinket from an...

The discovery of a half-submerged body in one of Yellowstone's famed thermal features suspends all park research. On a strict schedule, archaeologist Rose Brashear sets out to prod the investigation along only to run afoul of a sexy stranger intent on distracting her from that goal. She makes a dangerous discovery at the historic Vigilante Mine that sets them on a collision course. Ex-soldier Savio Mendes has one objective in Montana, shut down the drug trafficking he's followed from Mexico City. But his plan hits a snag when he glimpses the senorita next door and sizzling chemistry erupts....

Newly arrived Annabelle Lash takes the first job she's offered when she lands on the west coast. As a barely-trained morgue attendant, it's her job to scoop up the dead and avoid taking any grief from local law enforcement. Unprepared for her first crime scene, she battles both a forbidden hunger and an unexpected attraction to the sexy Detective Smithson. Clued in to the secret identity of the Handprint Killer, she struggles to balance her new life, resist the charms of her admirer, and disappear into the hidden community of ghouls. But it turns out, she's not the only one with secrets to...

Interview with Bill Crider, News Digest, Justice: Amazing Detective Mysteries, Worlds of Fantasy, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Honky Tonk Girl by Charles Beckman Jr., Ellery Queen Selects, Marvel Science Stories, Digest Magazine Checklists, Magazine of Horror, RAWL: Writing for Publication, and fiction by Lesann Berry, Richard L. Kellogg and Joe Wehrle Jr. Includes nearly 100 cover images.