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SMASH CUT by Sandra Brown — The murder of Paul Wheeler has all the elements of a blockbuster: family rivalries, incalculable wealth and a prominent man dying in the arms of his beautiful mistress. It’s a case that could earn Derek Mitchell even greater star power. When the Wheeler family approaches him about defending Creighton Wheeler for his uncle’s murder — even before he’s charged — he jumps at the chance. Although Creighton has a rock-solid alibi, Julie Rutledge is convinced that he is responsible for Paul’s murder. Caught in several lies, and keeping secrets from the police, Julie is suspected of casting blame on Creighton to cover her own crime. But the more Derek learns about Creighton, the more he doubts the young man’s innocence. And hiding in a squalid motel under an assumed name is the one man — a career criminal, a killer — who knows the truth.
FAR DARK FIELDS by Gary Braunbeck — More than three decades ago, high school senior Andy Leonard snapped. When he stopped shooting, 32 people were dead. But not little Geoff Conover. Andy spared Geoff for reasons no one ever knew. Now, all these years later, tragedy has struck again. Bruce Dyson too has gone on a murder spree, leaving nine dead in his wake. Even though they never met, there’s only one person Dyson will speak to: Geoff Conover. And what he tells Geoff will shake him to his core. With one word, Dyson will reveal that he knows the dark truth behind the legendary bogeyman used to terrify local children for years, the deformed creature known as Hoopsticks … and the final, shocking secret of Cedar Hill, Ohio.
LAND OF THE DEAD by Thomas Harlan — It’s a small change in our history: Imagine that the Japanese made contact with the Aztec Empire. Instead of small-pox and Christianity, they brought an Imperial alliance, samurai ethics, and technology. The Emperor in Mexico City rules not just the entire planet Earth, but a growing interplanetary Empire. But the Galaxy is not a hospitable place, and there are other powers, both new and very very old, who would stop the spread of the power in Anuhuac. A weapon of the Old Ones, from the time of the First Sun, has been found in a region of space. It must be investigated, then tamed or destroyed to keep it from the hands of opposing powers.
GAMER FANTASTIC edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes — These 13 original stories by veterans of the fantasy realms take role-playing games and universes to a whole new level. From a teenager who finds a better future in virtual reality; to a private investigator hired to find a dying man’s grandson in the midst of a virtual reality theme park; from a person gifted with the power to pull things out of books into the real world; to a psychologist using fantasy role-playing to heal his patients; from a gaming convention where the real winners may not be who they seem to be; to a multi-layered role-playing game that leads participants from reality to reality and games within games — these imaginative and fascinating new tales will captivate both lovers of original fantasy and anyone who has ever fallen under the spell of RPG.
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