“The Meeting” is copyright © 2023 by Mark Thielman and appears here for the first time.
“The Case of the Patriotic Pilferage” is copyright © 2022 by Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet. Reprinted by permission of the authors.
“Worth the Wait” is copyright © 2023 by Mindy Quigley and appears here for the first time.
The Terriford Mystery, by Marie Belloc Lowndes, was originally published in 1924.
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“Righteous Plague,” by Robert Abernathy, was originally published in Science Fiction Quarterly. May 1951.
Science Fiction Quarterly“Fugue,” by Stephen Marlowe, was originally published in Science Fiction Quarterly, November 1951.
Science Fiction Quarterly“Skulls in the Stars,” by Robert E. Howard, was originally published in Weird Tales, January 1929.
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The Sentinel Stars, by Louis Charbonneau, was originally published in 1963.
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