And the wide variety of stories presented in this latest volume of Fiction River make that case. Of the fifteen powerful stories in this volume, some will twist your heart, others will pound you in the gut, and still others will make you feel like the world has meaning. From a man avenging a wrongful conviction, to heroic women fighting to reclaim their homeland, to kids trying to find justice in the chaotic world of adults, this volume will prove one you won’t soon forget.

Jamie Sloan found his super powers sitting in a blackberry bush outside his bedroom window on the morning of his tenth birthday.
Picking blackberries—not high on Jamie’s priority list, especially on his tenth birthday. But Mom insists—family tradition and all that grownup bunk.
Using a beat-up old bucket handed down from father to son for who knows how long, Jamie picks until the bucket overflows . . .
And finds himself holding a bucketful of trouble.

You can get away with a lot of things in Hell—bad singing, bad politics, bad breath.
Even murder.
But no one gets away with stealing Sam the Ham’s delicious Golden Pig.
A laugh-out-loud story about life after death—from a rebel hamster’s point of view.

No matter whether it's here on Earth or halfway across the Galaxy, revenge always packs a punch. question is: do you take it standing up like a man or let it suck you into an empty black hole?

A baby bird…
One Breath...
Starts a dark future.

Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Vacation paradise by day. Gambler’s dream by night. But sometimes the line between day and night blurs, turning both paradise and dream into nightmare. When that happens even addicts can become heroes.

Or not.

What do trolleys, bananas, and impudent fairies have in common? A fairy hunter named Zola and her newest blind date: Milton B. Flannigan, III. Unfortunately, dear old Miltie isn't everything he's been made out to be. He's more. Then again, so is Zola. Find out just how wrong a date can go in this laugh-out-loud tale from the streets of San Francisco.

When a corpse shows up along the nearby Truckee River, the race is on to figure out whodoneit.

A visitor from a dark past . . .
A gambling addict’s redemption gone horribly wrong . . .
A monster in sheep’s clothing . . .
A father’s misguided love . . .
A young girl’s reckoning . . .
Five tales that dig deep into the human psyche, uncovering skeletons that might be better left buried.

Includes:
BROKEN DREAMS
THE GIRL IN THE VELVET BLACK GOWN
I, MONSTER
SPIRIT LAKE
HUNTING FOR WORMS