The Sapphire Talisman
By RICHARD RUBIN
Burke Fletcher finds himself part of a losing battle... His airship wrecked in the wastes, he stumbles upon a ruined well that sends him to Rigel IV's ancient past!

Deep-Rooted
By KEN LIZZI
Badulf the German pursues a comrade-turned-foe to Britannia, seeking a stolen memento ring, but he finds more than he bargained for on the night of Samhain!

Book of a Thousand Dreams
By Harold R. Thompson
Adventurer Anchor Brown sets off in search of a missing colleague, chasing rumors that he had discovered a lost book of fairy tales with magical powers!

Skirt, Snake, and Eggs
By WILLIAM DRELL
Mickey Vance was looking forward to some R&R on a quiet station, but a mysterious death tied to a drug-smuggling operation leads to a rather strange alliance!

Automaton Anon
By W.E. WERTENBERGER
Joe, a human from earth stranded on the strange world of Druun, has been hired to retrieve a missing automaton, held by the notorious Blood Stump gang!

Infinite Alley
By JD COWAN
Dana, protégé of Galactic Enforcer Ronan Renfield, is on her first solo mission... where she seems to have gotten trapped in some kind of infinite loop!

Frozen in Time
By JIM BREYFOGLE
Bob's father is haunted by his brother who disappeared when they were both children... What secret does the town's abandoned theater and old movie lot hold?

To Scale the Devil Haunted Sky
By MISHA BURNETT
With earth besieged by a hollow planetoid filled with hostile aliens, America's last chance is an experimental rocket plane outfitted with stolen alien technology!

A Bottle of Chambertin
By MARK MELLON
A collector of Napoleonic memorabilia acquires a bottle from the Emperor's private stock... Sealed within is an imp who claims to have been his personal advisor!

Tongue of Ash
By JOSEPH W. KNOWLES
An earthquake precedes a series of strange occurrences, inexplicable deaths, and the appearance of an antediluvian artifact that Sheriff Moultrie struggles to solve!

Voodoo Man's Curse
By MICHAEL TIERNEY
William Lee's master, a general in the Revolutionary War, has mysteriously died! Lee goes to the last man who saw him before he fell ill, seeking justice for the curse!

A Necklace of Ghûl Claws
By TAIS TENG
On the eve of a fight to rid the lock of a kraken, Omar meets an exotic ghûl-hunting girl from the Eternal Caravan... Her affections prove more than he bargained for!

Tango With Samurai
By RODICA BRETIN
Kayla Blackmoon's whereabouts unknown, her mentor Lorena leads an assault on the headquarters of the Karghan, hoping to find the missing young psychic!

Corpse Ala Cart
By TEEL JAMES GLENN
When a dying Elf falls from the sky and onto Jack Silence's dinner table, the Ghostmaker gets served up an intrigue of murder and blackmail amongst fey!

In Massachusetts' Woodlands, Find Ye Rome
By Matthew Pungitore