Looking for humans? Just look for the garbage. From bones to plastic to dead electronics, people rarely manage to clean up after themselves. Humanity takes a long time to learn how to manage limited resources, too. The rare and precious get lost with the useless and plentiful. Meet Gayle Simmons, pilot of the Treasure Hunt. Rare and precious, in her sights.

The Garbage Belt

Great things often come in unusual packages A stormy Atlanta morning at the airport. Watching delays and cancelations stack up. The definition of miserable for most travelers. But Lottie finds the good whenever she looks for it. Then an odd discovery sets off a citywide adventure. Will Lottie solve the puzzle before it's too late? An excerpt from Lottie's Unexpected Literary Adventure:A Most Unusual FindLottie smiled and hummed to herself as she picked up the phone. A quick text message to the  office-who surely knew better than she did how bad the weather was today-and she moved her suitcase so she could prop her feet up and get comfortable. She knew the lounge membership was so she could settle in and work, like so many people around her were doing right now. But she could hardly create technical documentation for equipment she hadn't even seen yet. Time for a nice, long read. She reached under the chair where she'd stashed her pocketbook and bumped a cool, sharp edge instead. Frowning, Lottie leaned over until she could grab the whole thing in her hand."Huh, " she said under her breath. "Now who on earth left something like this here?"A book, an honest-to-goodness printed book, unlike the electronic one she'd been planning to dig into. An old one, too, heavy and thick, a hardcover with a black dust jacket.

Lottie's Unexpected Literary Adventure

Where the Dark Web Meets Its MatchDana Sanderson left her youthful adventures in hacking behind. Settling for a calm and orderly career as a code-cruncher. But life in the Atlanta cubicle farms brings its own special kind of stress and nonsense. Then Dana's old skills bring her a chance at a new life. And a chance to bring her fabulous best friend Andre along for the ride. Join storyteller Kari Kilgore for five hits of clever digital mystery. Includes five near-future short mysteries: The Sound of Murder, The Fabulous Feats of Billy, Glory Lane and The Humid Holiday, Melting Point, and Three Computer Geeks Gruff The Sound of MurderWhen Self-improvement Turns DeadlyInsurance agency programmer Dana Sanderson only wants peace and quiet at work. Then the investigation of a rash of suspicious natural death claims lands on Dana's laptop. The Fabulous Feats of BillyThe Successful Launch of a DisasterBilly's new tech start-up sits on the verge of greatness. A fantastic reward for leaving his rotten old job in the dust. Until a miscalculation lands Billy in a nightmare. Unfortunately Billy's way out puts him squarely in cybercrime expert Dana Sanderson's sights. Glory Lane and the Humid HolidayA Strange Case in a Strange PlaceA chance to recapture past glory days gone awry. A cybercrime expert forced to endure warm, sunny weather in December. A South Florida holiday with two stressed-out techies  in the wrong place at the right time. Melting PointAn Invisible Countdown to DeathA cookie-cutter suburban house. A strange aroma. A dead body. A suspect refusing to talk. Sometimes a stumped investigation needs a non-standard mind. Three Computer Geeks GruffWhen the Cat Drags in a MysteryA cold IT dungeon, full of noisy servers and grumpy  workers. Not exactly a natural fit for a cat. Until you consider the blinking lights and all those places to hide. But this cat finds toys more disturbing than cute.

Hacking Cybercime: Dana Sanderson Short Mysteries - Dana Sanderson Short Mysteries

Facing fear of your own dreams coming true. Longing to hold on to a beloved best friend. Wishing to repair a life gone off the tracks. A lifelong feeling that you never belong. The secret life of a gorgeous black cat. Functioning as signposts along the rich and often twisted road of Kari Kilgore's imagination, each story in this collection explores a different area of fantasy fiction. Ranging from Appalachia to Atlanta, from love to loss, they all touch on emotions or experiences readers recognize. The (mostly) women in Fantastic Shorts: Volume 1 may start out in familiar territory. But in the hands of this talented storyteller, readers quickly learn to always expect the strange. Included in this collection:IntentionsAngela Garcia builds websites to help make other people's dreams come true. Now one of her childhood dreams waits, ready to come to life. Sometimes your intentions make all the difference. ReflectionsA beloved family home, abandoned and broken. A so-called adult life, not much better off. Jessica's hopes of finding her joy fade as soon as she steps through the door. Can facing her fears, and her memories, make Jessica's life right at last?The Seeds of LoveVirginia Evans and her best friend Maggie grew up together. From shy girl and wriggly puppy to confident woman and gentle old soul. A touching tale of woman's best friend. TerminaliaWhen you live a double life, you never take anything for granted. Kelly Webb finally feels safe. Until nighttime, when all but Kelly's name changes. An enchanting tale of the crossroads between science and magic. Wicked BonePashmina knows which humans to trust. She shows her trust like all cats. With offerings from her hunts. And like all cats, Pashmina keeps her secrets to herself. Find out what happens when Katie learns Pashmina's favorite secret.

Fantastic Shorts: Volume 1: A Fantasy Short Story Collection

Chasing a Lifelong DreamElla finds the perfect vacation spot in the Road to Paradise Mountain Resort. Stunning scenery. Fabulous rooms. Decadent food. Peace and quiet and reconnection. And best of all, a dream car and a great driving road just for her. But Paradise hides more than Ella ever imagined... Also available in the collection Stepping Out of Reality. An excerpt from The Road to Paradise Mountain: When Getting There IS the PointJacob often picked beachy places, where the recreational activities were limited to swimming, sunbathing, and enjoying exotic food and drink. Ella, on the other hand, too often found herself feeling...restricted on that kind of vacation. Stuck in one spot, and more antsy than relaxed. She often escaped on boat tours or walking tours. Anything to get moving and explore. That was another way the Road to Paradise Mountain Resort was her perfect choice. The road part of the name not only meant the long, twisting, gorgeous drive to the lodge itself. The vast acreage was also home to a fabulous network of roads meant for the best kind of driving. Beautiful. Challenging. And fast.

The Road to Paradise Mountain

December, 1944. Kati arrives in the great city of Budapest. Thrilled to train as a nurse. Never suspecting vicious struggle on the horizon. Never expecting forces seen and unseen to sweep her into their grasp. And into a choice reaching far beyond her tiny Hospital in the Rock. Faced with life or death, will Kati choose with her mind or her heart? An Excerpt from Kati and the Witches in the Hill: A Trial of Mind, Body, and Soul  Kati turned her back to the wind, deciding not to walk to the broad stone promenade along the edge of the Danube. Aimless wandering in the streets was hardly encouraged for anyone nowadays, much less a lonely young country girl. She'd have time enough to make friends with her new home when this awful weather eased up, and hopefully make human friends as well. Kati glanced at the dingy window of a shop, trying her best not to see her reflection in a round mirror hanging in a dark wooden frame carved with flowers and vines. She must look a horrible fright, with her pale skin wind-burned and her hair knotted beyond repair. She froze before she could take another step, grabbing at the pitted stone wall to keep her balance on the ice. That mirror hadn't moved as she did.

Kati and the Witches in the Hill

Heeding the SignsMark Hersch enjoys a busy summer in his favorite place: with his grandparents in Hartstown, Virginia. Working, saving for college, learning to drive. Getting to know his family and himself. Then one job brings a shiver of warning. Will Mark and his Papaw recognize the danger before it's too late?A Voices through Time Story Also available in the collection Stepping Out of Reality An excerpt from The Perfect Shade of Haint Blue:Learning to Heed Those Strange Warnings Mark frowned, but a quick little thrill of excitement shot through his belly. The change of pace and scenery was doing him a world of good, especially since he was considering coming right back to Virginia for college in a couple of years. But he wouldn't mind a bit of mystery and adventure to spice things up."Did something strange happen there, Papaw? At the Hartsock place?""Well no, I can't exactly say that. It's just... I got an uneasy twinge about you going there is all."Mark's father and everyone else in the family often talked about Papaw's twinges, and hunches, and notions, and even dreams. No one ever made much of a fuss about it that Mark could tell. But they never mentioned thinking those twinges were something it was better to ignore, either.

The Perfect Shade of Haint Blue - Voices through Time

On Certain Days, the Hurt Feels Brand NewMost people love the music computer in Sara's brain. Earworm lyrics. Trivia and connections. Obscure cover versions. She knows it all. Only one person knows the obsession behind Sara's knowledge. And the heartache she hides. Can a break with the past show Sarah a new future? Originally appeared in Obsessions: An Anthology of Original Fiction, Stark Publishing, 2020 An excerpt from At the Heart of It All:The Day All Her Best Defenses Fail  Sarah may have been born with the computer, but her father had at least installed the software and optimized it for music. The massive database she'd been filling as long as she could remember. Anything that changed after that hadn't been his fault."Not now. Not while you're in this traffic."She took advantage of a dead stop on the highway and called up Jimi Hendrix and Crosstown Traffic to distract herself. Keeping the calendars out of her office helped some with this dreadful, painful month. Same with turning off the displays on her phone and her computers at work. Even if she'd followed her occasional impulse and spent all of October in some sort of technology and communication void, she'd know. Some part of Sara knew exactly what day it was. Every single year.

The Garbage Belt

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