The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionPulphouse Fiction Magazine: Back after over twenty years. A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, Pulphouse returns with eighteen fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high quality fiction equals Pulphouse.Table of ContentsEdited by Dean Wesley Smith"Spud Wrangler" by Kent Patterson"Savage Breasts" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman"The Library of Orphaned Hearts" by Annie Reed"Cooties" by J. Steven York"Don't Make Me Take off My Sunglasses" by O'Neil De Noux"A Breath Holding Contest" by Ray Vukcevich"Jesus at the Bat" by Esther M. Friesner"Inside the Sphere" by M. L. Buchman"The Bee Man" by Dan C. Duval"Catastrophe Baker and a Canticle for Leibowitz" by Mike Resnick"Back to Nature" by Jerry...

Poker Boy works as a superhero for Stan, the God of Poker.Poker Boy's unique talents—a keen sense for danger and a remarkable ability to read people—allow him to help those in need. He also asks a lot of stupid questions.But sometimes stupid questions lead to the only answer that will save the day.In this collection, Poker Boy tackles some tasks that would stump any ordinary superhero.He helps rescue another superhero from himself; helps a poker player learn that most important of skills—patience; discovers what's behind the bad poker playing of the Idiot Boy; travels to the Library of Atlantis to get the answer to a stupid question that demands an answer; and tempts fate by asking where the gods came from in the first place.No ordinary superhero, Poker Boy saves the world one humorous story at a time.

International bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith returns to his bestselling Cold Poker Gang Mystery series with another twisted mystery in Case Card.Retired detectives Debra Pickett and Sarge Carson return to the Cold Poker Gang Task Force after the pandemic to tackle the most famous of all Las Vegas cold cases: the disappearance of a college student fifty-one years before.Becky Williams entered her apartment building on November 24, 1971, and vanished without a trace. Now, Pickett and Sarge have one last chance to solve the case before a building remodel destroys whatever clues remain.But the twisted trail they follow in their investigation might prove the strangest and just downright Las Vegas-weirdest case they have ever solved."Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers."—Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles

Here's what you, the fans, have demanded for decades! An anthology featuring original Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, and Star Trek®: Voyager™ stories written by Star Trek fans, for Star Trek fans! After a lengthy competition that drew thousands of submissions; these astounding stories, written exclusively by brand-new authors, were selected for their originality and style. These eighteen fantastic tales rocket across the length and breadth of Federation time and space, from when Captain Kirk explored the galaxy on the first Starship Enterprise™, through Captain Picard's U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D and Captain Sisko's Deep Space Nine to Captain Janeway's Voyager, with many fascinating stops along the way. This all-new volume contains stories by: Landon Cary Dalton, Phaedra M. Weldon, Keith L. Davis, Dayton Ward, Dylan Otto Krider, Jerry M. Wolfe, Peg...

Retired Las Vegas Detectives Benson Cavanaugh and Bonnie State always worked alone before retiring. But joining the Cold Poker Gang task force push them to work together. Not something they easily want to do.Searching for clues on a long cold missing person's case, they explore a shuttered old hotel and casino and find far more than anyone expected.And that discovery takes them on a twisted journey through the past.Another very, very twisted Cold Poker Gang mystery novel.

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up nineteen fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading." —Tangent Online on Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #1Includes:"Brick Houses" by Annie Reed"Starlings" by Jerry Oltion"The Man who Married his Wife's Thigh" by Bonnie Elizabeth"Bear Trap Island" by Jamie McNabb"Walking the Dog" by J. Steven York"Being Ernest" by Rick Wilber"Art of the Homeless" by Joe Cron"January 3rd" by Ron Collins"When the Sun Goes Down" by David H. Hendrickson"The Poodles of Panama" by Kent...

Turns out retired Las Vegas Detectives Benson Cavanaugh and Bonnie State enjoy working together, even after years of working alone. And on their second time to a Cold Poker Gang Task Force meeting, they take home not only an impossible forty-year-old cold case murder to solve, but a family of cats.Slowly, detail by detail, Bonnie and Cavanaugh piece together what happened to not only their original murder victim, but to other victims over the years.A twisted mystery of the good in the world colliding with the bad. And, of course, cats. Lots of cats.

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three - time Hugo Award-nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high - quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading." — Tangent Online onPulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue#1Includes:"The Snow Shoveler," by Robert Jeschonek"Eaten," by Mike Zimmerman"Popcorn for Christmas," by O'Neil De Noux and Debra Gray De Noux"The Silent Hour of Christmas," by Kathryn Kaleigh" May the Anvil Ring," by Jason A. Adams"Merry Microbes," by Mary Jo Rabe"Incredible Christmas Capers," by Joslyn Chase"The Old Guitar," by Annie Reed"Holy Ghost Snake," by David H....

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading." —Tangent Online on Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #1Includes:"Part of a Balanced Breakfast" by Brigid Collins"Rena 733" by Lisa Silverthorne"Kitty on a Hot, Dying Star" by Robert Jeschonek"Truth and Lies" by David H. Hendrickson"Survey" by Adam-Troy Castro"A Gathering at Lake St. Catherine" by O'Neil De Noux"Open All Night" by Lisa Danny-Roberts"Children of Earth" by Katrina Wiggins"The White Whale" by Annie Reed"September at Wall and Broad"...

Poker Boy has saved the world a number of times, but never from an alien. With the help of his sidekick, Front Desk Girl and Leverne, Lady Luck herself, Poker Boy must do battle with an alien snake across the only battlefield Poker Boy knows: a poker table.The stakes are higher than in the original Garden of Eden. To make matters worse, Poker Boy hates snakes.Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written more than one hundred popular novels and well over two hundred published short stories. His novels include the science fiction novel Laying the Music to Rest and the thriller The Hunted as D.W. Smith. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. He writes under many pen names and has also ghosted for a number of top bestselling writers.Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.Over...

USA Today and New York Times bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith offers up eight thrilling puzzle mystery stories in his bestselling Cold Poker Gang Mystery series.If you love puzzle mysteries, complicated cold cases, and detectives tackling the most twisted crimes, take this opportunity to introduce yourself to this talented group of retired Las Vegas detectives playing poker and solving cold cases.These eight stories each feature a new cold-case mystery and offer a look at the hard-to-solve crimes found in all the Cold Poker Gang novels."Dean Wesley Smith does for poker what James Patterson does for serial killers."—Sheldon McArthur, former owner of Mysterious Books in Los Angeles

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading." —Tangent Online on Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #1Includes:"The Eyeball at the End of the Rainbow: A Dan Shamble, Zombie PI Adventure" by Kevin J. Anderson"Where No Furry Has Gone Before" by Robert Jeschonek"Ready Mundane" by Rob Vagle"Daycare of the Damned" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman"Some of This is True" by Ron Collins"Heritage" by R.W. Wallace"The Iberville Mistress" by O'Neil De Noux"A Long Shot Worth Betting On" by David H. Hendrickson"A...

Shoeless Joe Jackson made a mistake and was banned from baseball for life. Sometimes, in the Garden Lounge, the special jukebox lets a customer go back in time to a mistake and fix it. Shoeless Joe never had a chance to let the jukebox help him fix his mistake, but instead it allowed Shoeless Joe to do something even more important: Help a child become a better adult.Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written more than one hundred popular novels and hundreds of published short stories. His novels include the science fiction novel Laying the Music to Rest and the thriller The Hunted as D.W. Smith. With Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he is the coauthor of The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom.He writes under many pen names and has also ghosted for a number of top bestselling writers.Dean has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse, and has done scripts for Hollywood. One movie was actually made.Over his...

Exploring the vastness of space: The mission of the massive Starburst ships.Chairmen Cole and Echo of the Starburst ship Star Trail get wrapped up in finding lost ancient cultures.And in the process find far more than they ever could imagine.Starburst takes the vast Seeders Universe and expands it yet again beyond where humans dare go.