USA Today and New York Times bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith returns to one of his favorite characters, Pakhet Jones, a superhero tasked with protecting cats. When cats become the target of an advanced weapon, it falls on Pakhet Jones, Poker Boy, and Lady Luck herself to find out why, solve the mystery, and save not only cat's lives, but human lives as well. A fast, tense read, Big Eyes shows why Pakhet Jones lives up to her reputation as one of the best in the Poker Boy Universe.

Big Eyes: A Pakhet Jones Short Novel - Pakhet Jones

When Noah Whitestone approaches Portia with a problem, she considers it with skepticism. Portia solves theatrical problems with her two sisters. Magical theatrical problems. But the Whitestones' problem proves particularly tricky. To solve it, Portia and her sisters must risk not only themselves but also a lot of innocent lives. Originally written for the Fiction River anthology Superstitious, "Puckish Behavior" continues the Wyrd Sisters' adventures by putting a new twist on a theatrical legend everyone thinks they know."Rusch is a great storyteller."-RT Book Reviews

Puckish Behavior: A Wyrd Systers Story - Wyrd Sisters

A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up sixteen 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."The stories are all strong (not surprising when you have years of good stories to pick from) and show an off-kilter sensibility that I found very fresh even after all this time. If this is a taste of what's to come, it's worth giving Pulphouse a look."-Tangent Online on Issue ZeroIncludes:"Paintings of Cats by Mice" by Annie Reed"Flat Bernie Saves Stanley" by Johanna Rothman"The Conjurer of the Canvas" by Phillip McCollum"Custard: A Romeo & Juliet Story (Sort of)" by Dayle A. Dermatis"Sometimes Grandma's Gotta Cut A Bitch" by Leah R. Cutter"Blind Eclipse" by Rob Vagle"Would Sir Prefer the 1918 Influenza?" by Robert Jeschonek"The Developmental Adventures of Phil" by Jason A. Adams"Visage" by Lisa Silverthorne"Used to be Your Victim" by Stephen Couch"The Artist, The Engineer, and The Sleeping Dog" by Robert J. McCarter"Drumbeats" by Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart"Just Write!" by James Gotaas"Role of a Lifetime" by David H. Hendrickson"Sergei's Swan Song" by C. A. Rowland"Vamp Until Doomsday" by Stefon Mears

Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Issue #10 - Pulphouse, #10

Luna needs help creating a list of beautiful things for the Beauty Enhancer, because she struggles with too many choices. So, she talks to her friends and family. But can they help with something so personal? Can anyone?

Four Conversations

The Fleet designed the new SC-Class ships with an impenetrable bridge. The most protected spot on the ship. Right in the center. So, when Lieutenant Balázs Jicha realizes the bridge of the Izlovchi now opens to space, he fights to remember what happened. And what to do next. Jicha always follows his hunches. Now, he must rely on those hunches to help him save his ship. A pulse-pounding addition to Kristine Kathryn Rusch's award-winning Diving Series, "Hunches" offers key insights into one of the series' newer characters.".an exciting, well-crafted tale, the kind we usually get from Rusch."-SFRevu"Rusch brings us an action-packed story of split-second decisions and willing sacrifice, of heroic acts performed in the absence of sufficient information but with the help of a little luck and a lot of perseverance."-Tangent Online

Hunches: A Diving Universe Story - Diving Universe

Sky Tate, The Best Woman Detective in the World, gets lots of strange clients. But nothing like the woman who walked into Rocky's Bar one warm Las Vegas afternoon like melted butter over a stack of waffles. Yummy. And what the stunningly beautiful client needed made no sense until Sky called her best friends, ghost agents Marble and Sims, and got help. The best kind of help.

Start with Butter - Sky Tate

Sky Tate (superhero detective in the Poker Boy universe) can see when someone seems about to die. Her new client looks almost dead. Sky first needs to find out why. And then keep her client alive. Somehow. No other detective like Sky Tate to bring some fun into a deadly situation.

Penny Dead: A Sky Tate Story - Sky Tate

Kristine Grayson's twisted worldview shows itself in these five stories of love, geeks, and happily ever after. In "The Charming Way, " a nerdy Prince Charming falls in love with an Evil Stepmother. "Geeks Bearing Gifts" shows that even Greek Gods need computer dating services sometimes. "Name Calling, " the most "normal" story in the book focuses on a woman who won't get married until she figures out what to do about her last name. "Knowing Jack, " and "Artistic License, " are a change of pace for Grayson-not Greek Gods, but grifters in lighthearted romances set in the old West."Kristine Grayson gives 'happily ever after' her own unique twist!"-Kasey Michaels"With her series of magical romances, Kristine Grayson has carved out her own special and unique place in the romance genre."-Romantic Times"Magical and sweet.I was charmed."- Susan Andersen"A magically sweet romance."-Booklist"Watching the romance play out is plenty of fun."-Locus Magazine".[Kristine Grayson] will have a long and glorious career."-The Romance Reader. Com

Geek Romance: Stories of Love Amidst the Oddballs

More than fifty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. Death Takes a Diamond, a new full-length novel in the Mary Jo Assassin series, plus five new short stories, Delightfully Dizzy: A Marble Grant Story; The Five Roads Tavern and Eatery; Through the For Sale Sign: A Bryant Street Story; Smile; and Habit. This 42nd volume of Smith's Monthly also includes the first part of The Magic Bakery: A WMG Writer's Guide; Part 2 will appear in volume 43.

Smith's Monthly #42 - Smith's Monthly, #42

Dora Vannoy vanished without a trace in July 1905. Not the Dora Vannoy who found a journal in 2024, but a long-lost ancestor. The 2024 Dora decides to find out what happened to her namesake. The 2024 Dora travels into the past of other timelines from the Historical Institute. What she finds turns out worse than she expected. And very sad when what happened in the past makes no difference at all.

Without a Ripple - Thunder Mountain

This 66th issue of Smith's Monthly contains more than seventy thousand words of fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith, including two full novels from the popular Mary Jo Assassin series: Death Takes a Partner and Death Takes a Diamond. Mary Jo is the most glamorous assassin you can imagine, and in these two novels she faces challenges she never dreamed of!But that's not all! There are four new short stories from some of Dean's most popular series: "The Back Seat, " a Bryant Street Story; "Fifty, " a Thunder Mountain time travel story; "Mystery Cat, " a Pakhet Jones story; and "Just Imagine Murder, " a Marble Grant story. Hours and hours of entertaining reading!

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