Dana Cameron

Brand-new stories by: Dennis Lehane, Stewart O'Nan, Patricia Powell, John Dufresne, Lynne Heitman, Don Lee, Russ Aborn, Itabari Njeri, Jim Fusilli, Brendan DuBois, and Dana Cameron.Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, The Given Day) has proven himself to be a master of both crime-fiction and literary fiction. Here, he extends his literary prowess to that of master curator. In keeping with the Akashic Noir Series tradition, each story in Boston Noir is set in a different neighborhood of the city; the impressively diverse collection extends from Roxbury to Cambridge, from Southie to the Boston Harbor; and all stops in between. Lehane's own contribution—the longest story in the volume—is set in his beloved home neighborhood of Dorchester and showcases his phenomenal ability to grip the heart, soul, and throat of the reader.In 2003, Lehane's novel Mystic River was adapted into film and quickly garnered six Academy Award nominations (with Sean Penn and Tim Robbins each winning Academy Awards).

After years of hard work, archaeologist Emma Fielding has a great marriage, a dream job, respect in her field, and a house that is finally being made livable. But she's also being bedeviled by increasingly bizarre and threatening occurrences, and what started out as a series of harmless pranks is quickly turning dangerous. Whoever is behind these events is spiraling in on Emma, through colleagues, friends, and family, and is becoming more violent each time, targeting those she loves with arson, theft, and, finally, murder. Some think the events are unrelated, but Emma knows that she's the target, and even more frighteningly, the perpetrator shows a detailed knowledge of her and her past. Is it the work of a disgruntled student, a thwarted ex–lover, or is it, as Emma fears, the work of Tony Markham, a dangerous and brilliant man who everyone but Emma believes is dead? Estranged from her friends and stalked by escalating violence, Emma must find who is behind this before she comes to the end of her resources, her sanity, or her life.

Archaeologist Emma Fielding encounters murder and mystery on the site of an old English Abbey in this second "rip-snorting good mystery" (Aaron Elkins) written by a real-life archaeologist..Archaeologist Emma Fielding is beginning to doubt the wisdom of spending her summer vacation in England helping friends excavate a 12th–century abbey, especially after they uncover an all–too modern skeleton in the nearby medieval graveyard. But it's the second discovery—of a murdered graduate student recently missing from the dig—that suggests to Emma that Marchester isn't exactly the quiet riverside town in appears to be. And when a member of the town's neopagan community shows up, claiming that the site is a sacred spot for Wiccans, Emma knows that conflicting interests and intentions may have driven someone to murder. There are dark passions and lethal secrets buried here, heinous crimes that shake the conflicted community to its core, and it's up to Emma, an outsider far from home, to delve into a past that too many people—including her friends—would do anything to hide.

The past's blood stains the presentThe opportunity of a lifetime awaits archaeologist EmmaFielding in the Berkshire foothills of Western Massachusetts: the chance to study the eighteenth-century diary of Margaret Chandler, the accused witch and murderess whose home Emma excavated only months before. However, the three other Shrewsbury Foundation fellows she must share the premises with are a disturbingly odd bunch, and before too long one of them is dead.But Emma can find no solace in the bleak beauty of thesurrounding wilderness, for there are dark secrets encoded in Madam Chandler's writings, and shocking parallels between an ancient slaying and the strange, brutal demise of her colleague.When the killer strikes again, Emma realizes her own life isat stake. And suddenly there is no choice left: she is driven to investigate bloody crimes past and present -- before her own death becomes a footnote in a chilling, three-centuries-old story.

Brilliant, dedicated, and driven, archaeologist Emma Fielding finds things that have been lost for hundreds of years -- and she's very, very good at it. A soon-to-be-tenured professor, she has recently unearthed evidence of a seventeenth-century coastal Maine settlement that predates Jamestown, one of the most significant archaeological finds in years. But the dead body that accompanies it has embroiled Emma and her students in a different kind of exploration. With her reputation suddenly in jeopardy -- due to the ruthless machinations of a disgruntled rival -- and a second suspicious death, heartbreakingly close to home, Emma must unearth a killer among the relics. But that means digging deep to get to dark secrets buried in the heart of the archaeological community -- which, in turn, could bury Emma Fielding.

"Wonders abound with the winter holidays. Yuletide brings marvels and miracles both fantastic and scientific. Christmas spirits can bring haunting holidays, seasonal songs might be sung by unearthly choirs, and magical celebrations are the norm during this very special time of the year. The best stories from many realms of fantasy and a multitude of future universes, gift-wrapped in one spectacular treasury of wintertime wonder"--Page 4 of cover. Introduction / -- Paula Guran The best Christmas ever -- James Patrick Kelly Go toward the light -- Harlan Ellison If dragon's mass eve be cold and clear -- Ken Scholes Pal o' mine -- Charles de Lint The Nutcracker coup -- Janet Kagan How the Bishop sailed to Inniskeen -- Gene Wolfe Dulce domum -- Ellen Kushner Julian : a Christmas story -- Robert Charles Wilson Loop -- Kristine Kathryn Rusch The Christmas witch -- M. Rickert Wise men -- Orson Scott Card The night things changed -- Dana Cameron Home for Chrstmas -- Nina Kiriki Hoffman A Christmas story -- Sarban A woman's best friend -- Robert Reed Christmas at Hostage Canyon -- James Stoddard The winters solstice -- Von Jocks Newsletter -- Connie Willis.

An all-new mystery anthology edited and featuring a new story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime. #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris edits and contributes an all-new story-set in her Sookie Stackhouse universe-to this anthology from the Mystery Writers of America. Other authors include:Steve BrewerDana CameronMax Allan Collins and Mickey SpillaneBarbara D'AmatoBrendan DuBoisTerrie Farley MoranJack FredricksonParnell HallCarolyn HartS. W. HubbardToni L. P. KelnerLou KempWilliam Kent KreugerHarley Jane KozakMargaret MahonMartin MeyersJeffrey SomersElaine VietsMike Wiecek

"Bouchercon has been the annual gathering-in of mystery readers and writers, all of us fans of the genre, since the very first event in 1970 in Santa Monica, California. In 2014, Bouchercon celebrates a return to the California beach, this time Long Beach, with an anthology of short stories by a roster of talented writers. You'll never think of sun, sand, or picnics the same way again. All proceeds from this anthology support the Long Beach Public Library Foundation. As writers, readers, and fans, we know how important a strong vibrant library system is. No matter what we write or read, across category and genre, we all agree on this: librarians rock!" --

Blending fresh new science fiction with a futuristic dash of magic, The Grimm Future is a unique anthology of reimagined Grimm fairy tales from some of today's most exciting authors—along with the original stories that inspired them. The Grimm Future examines our humanity and what that term might come to mean through the eyes of future generations as society advances into an age when technology consumes nearly every aspect of our lives or has ultimately changed life as we know it. How might these timeless stories evolve? Given the relentless onrush of technology, there is even greater need for fairy tales and Grimm magic in our future. Read on! Table of Contents: "Intrduction" by Erin Underwood "Pair of Ugly Stepsisters, Three of a Kind" by Garth Nix, based upon multiple Grimm fairy tales, including "Little Brother and Little Sister," "Rapunzel," "Little Red-Cap," and "Cinderella" "The Iron Man" by Max Gladstone, based upon "Iron John" "Zel and Grets" by Maura McHugh, based upon "Hansel & Gretel" "For Want of a Nail" by Sandra McDonald & Stephen D. Covey, based upon "The Nail" "The Shroud" by Dan Wells, based upon "The Shroud" "Long-Term Employment" by Mike Resnick, based upon "Death's Messengers" "Swan Dive" by Nancy Holder, based upon "The Six Swans" "The White Rat" by Dana Cameron, based upon "The White Snake" "Origins" by Carlos Hernandez, based upon "The Star-Talers" "Angie Taylor in: Peril Beneath the Earth's Crust" by John Langan, based upon "The Brave Little Tailor" "The Three Snake-Leaves" by Jeffrey Ford, based upon "The Three Snake-Leaves" "The Madman's Ungrateful Child" by Peadar Ó Guillín, based upon "The Bremen Town-Musicians" "Stories of the Trees, Stories of the Birds, Stories of the Bones" by Kat Howard, based upon "The Juniper Tree" "Be Still, and Listen" by Seanan McGuire, based upon "Little Briar-Rose"

What bones are buried in the shadows of the past?Asked to join in a dig at the site of the eighteenth–century Chandler House, archaeologist Emma Fielding and her student crew have descended upon Stone Harbor, Massachusetts. But certain residents of the tiny coastal community are none too happy about Emma's arrival -- especially when her excavation uncovers a pair of freshly slain corpses. There are dark forces at play in this dangerously divided town, where a distrust of strangers wars with a desire for tourist dollars. And when a young local's life is snuffed out, Emma is determined to get to the twisted roots of the strange secrets buried in this killing ground. But a mystery that lies among the tumbled ruins of a once grand manor could change Stone Harbor forever. And for some murderous someone, one more death -- Emma's -- would be a small price to pay to keep it hidden.

Holmes on the range / by John Connolly -- Irregular / by Meg Gardiner -- Where there is honey / by Dana Cameron -- Before a Bohemian scandal / by Tasha Alexander -- The spiritualist / by David Morrell -- Mrs. Hudson investigates / by Tony Lee and Bevis Musson -- The adventure of the dancing women / by Hand Phillippi Ryan -- Raffa / by Anne Perry -- The crown jewel affair / by Michael Scott -- Understudy in scarlet / by Hallie Ephron -- Martn X / by Gary Phillips -- The painted smile / by William Kent Krueger -- The first Mrs. Coulter / by Catriona McPherson -- The case of the speckled Trout / by Deborah Crombie -- The adventure of the empty grave / by Jonathan Maberry -- Limited resources / by Denise Mina -- The adventure of the extraordinary rendition / by Cory Doctorow.

It's a deadly winter for archaeologist Emma Fielding as she tracks a killer in an old New Hampshire hotel, in this fifth mystery from real–life archaeologist Dana Cameron. Archaeologist Emma Fielding should be on top of the world. Her teaching job secure and home life stable, she arrives at an archaeological conference at a famous old New Hampshire hotel, having outrun the winter storm that's paralysing the East Coast. A rising star in the field, she's in the midst of friends she's known all her life, celebrating the work of Professor Garrison, a venerable legend in the field. When Garrison is found dead on the iced–over lake outside the snow–bound hotel, however, Emma realizes that everyone has something to hide, including herself. While the police determine whether Garrison's death was an accident, suicide, or murder, Emma's intimate knowledge of her colleagues hasn't prepared her for what they're concealing, even from themselves. Emma is also forced to face the fact that the dead man was no friend of hers (or her grandfather Oscar) and that everyone–colleagues, police, and herself included–wonders why her view of him is so very different. The presence of Emma's old flame Duncan brings up bitter memories she'd rather were left buried deep in the past: Duncan wants something from her and Emma can't tell whether it is an opportunity to rekindle their relationship or a way to ensure her silence permanently. Professional jealousies and infighting would be enough added to Garrison's mysterious death, but a series of thefts and attacks in the isolated hotel make the stranded archaeologists ask whether a vengeful ghost has returned, practiced criminals are targeting the conference, or one of their own number has finally succumbed to an array of deadly temptations.