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Risk Takers

by Fiction River, Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Series Editor), Dean Wesley Smith (Editor), Dean Wesley Smith (Series Editor)

Other authors: Lee Allred (Contributor), Brigid Collins (Contributor), Russ Crossley (Contributor), Dan C. Duval (Contributor), T. D. Edge (Contributor)11 more, Christy Fifield (Contributor), Cindie Geddes (Contributor), John Helfers (Contributor), Kerrie Hughes (Contributor), Robert T. Jeschonek (Contributor), Annie Reed (Contributor), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Contributor), Anthea Sharp (Contributor), Dean Wesley Smith (Contributor), Phaedra Weldon (Contributor), Chrissy Wissler (Contributor)

Series: Fiction River (12)

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Money, business, sports, love: All involve risk-and skill. The skilled authors in this volume masterfully exhibit both. Buckle in while a locomotive engineer uses magic in a race to avoid extinction, a game developer must outmaneuver an alien for Earth's fate, and an exterminator risks everything to go after some really big rats. Crossing genre lines through science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical, and mainstream, these adrenaline-pumping stories about taking risks offer nothing but reward. ..". fans of the unconventional will be well satisfied." -Publishers Weekly on Fiction River: Pulse Pounders "Fiction River: Fantastic Detectives is a great choice for anyone who loves it when genres are swirled together. It's nominally more heavily influenced by mystery conventions and tropes, but the science fiction and fantasy elements in it are almost as strong." -Long and Short Reviews on Fiction River: Fantastic Detectives… (more)
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Rusch, Kristine KathrynSeries Editormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Smith, Dean WesleyEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Smith, Dean WesleySeries Editormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Allred, LeeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Collins, BrigidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crossley, RussContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Duval, Dan C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Edge, T. D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fifield, ChristyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Geddes, CindieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Helfers, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hughes, KerrieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jeschonek, Robert T.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Reed, AnnieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rusch, Kristine KathrynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sharp, AntheaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Smith, Dean WesleyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Money, business, sports, love: All involve risk-and skill. The skilled authors in this volume masterfully exhibit both. Buckle in while a locomotive engineer uses magic in a race to avoid extinction, a game developer must outmaneuver an alien for Earth's fate, and an exterminator risks everything to go after some really big rats. Crossing genre lines through science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical, and mainstream, these adrenaline-pumping stories about taking risks offer nothing but reward. ..". fans of the unconventional will be well satisfied." -Publishers Weekly on Fiction River: Pulse Pounders "Fiction River: Fantastic Detectives is a great choice for anyone who loves it when genres are swirled together. It's nominally more heavily influenced by mystery conventions and tropes, but the science fiction and fantasy elements in it are almost as strong." -Long and Short Reviews on Fiction River: Fantastic Detectives

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Anthology contains:
  • Foreword: The Art of the Deal / Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • Introduction: A Degree of Risk / Dean Wesley Smith
  • Play the Man / Dan C. Duval
  • The F Factor / Chrissy Wissler
  • No Free Lunch / Anthea Sharp
  • Winning the Ocean Pearl / T. D. Edge
  • China Moll / Cindie Geddes
  • A Tale of Good Whiskey, Bad Coffee, and One Devious Woman / Annie Reed
  • Bucking the Tiger / John Helfers & Kerrie Hughes
  • The Messiah Business / Robert T. Jeschonek
  • Muggins Rules / Russ Crossley
  • Cost and Conscience / Christy Fifield
  • Side Baiting / Phaedra Weldon
  • Gambler’s Fallacy / Brigid Collins
  • The Man Who Decided / Dean Wesley Smith
  • Rats / Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • Driving the Line / Dan C. Duval
  • Side Bet / Lee Allred
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