18 Stories of Suspense, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction from Michael Angel, bestselling author of Centaur of the Crime, and J.D. Cutler, bestselling author of Sagebrush & Lace.

Visit a world where a wildland firefighter must use his mysterious powers to save his crew from a roaring inferno. Follow an eco-tourist's frantic efforts to escape an African quarantine zone ravaged by a deadly virus. And tune into Texas station KRAP (don't touch that dial, there's KRAP on it!) as a pair of down-home country deejays try their damnedest to stop a murder...while they're still on the air.

Short Stories Included:

A Talent for Fire
The Pusher's List
The Most Wanted Woman
Blood Heist
My First Date with Jolene and her Cousin, Billy-Bob
A Road Painted in Scarlet
Never Mind the Princess, Save the Dragon
Quarantine on the Black Nile
Which Way to the Dragon
Three Scars
A Most Helpful Text
Cantaloupes and Wild Shoshone
Slumgullion Sector
I Got Some Bad Muse For You
Shadow on the Sea
Sharpest Tool in the Shed
An Assassin in the Vatican
Strangelets with a Side of Grilled Spam

This volume also contains introductory chapters of Michael Angel's novel of fantasy and forensics, Centaur of the Crime.