<b>What if a stray virus accidentally killed all the men on earth?</b><br /> <br /><i>Winner of the 2019 National Indie Excellence Award for Visionary Fiction.</i><br /><i>Winner of the 2019 Maxy Award for Science Fiction.</i><br /><i>Finalist for the 2019 NIEA for Science Fiction.</i><br /><br />Athena Vosh lives just like any other teenager from the year 2099. She watches reality shows with her friends, eats well, and occasionally wonders to herself: what would life be like if men were still alive?<br /><br />It has been almost 50 years since an experimental virus accidentally killed all the men on earth. However, a controversial project is currently underway to bring men back. There's just one catch. The project has been sabotaged.<br /><br />So begins the award-winning novel, <i>Athena's Choice</i>. When the police of 2099 are tasked with finding the...

When local chocolate maker Ms. Kozlow comes to the Juicy Gizzard potion shop asking for luck, Sasha needs to find out why. Does Ms. Kozlow need luck because she has a matchmaking appointment with Granny Yenta this afternoon? Can Sasha and her new friend Puck make it Ms. Kozlow’s lucky day?

30 CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES GOOD TO THE LAST LINE The McGuffin has long been a staple tool in any crime and mystery writer’s arsenal. A perfectly placed last line of a short story can pull together subtle plot threads into a devastating dénouement or give everything that came before it a brand-new meaning, sometimes even reshaping the story entirely for the reader. Joe Gores and Bill Pronzini, two of the most talented mystery writers of the 20th century, joined forces to assemble the very best McGuffin stories by such celebrated authors as Anthony Boucher, Harlan Ellison, Joe L. Hensley, Edward D. Hoch, John Lutz, John D. MacDonald, and Donald E. Westlake. They, along with 24 more authors, have created some of the very best mystery stories that often save their best twists for the very last line...