The relentless ticking of a clock as time slips away marks the breathless pace of these remarkable stories. In Fiction River’s third edition of its Pulse Pounders series, these sixteen authors push the envelope of the thriller form. From a man desperately searching for his missing little girl to a chef racing to finish a cooking competition to an airship captain facing a deadly adversary, these stories will keep your pulse racing until the very end.

.. . fans of the unconventional will be well satisfied.

-Publishers Weekly on Fiction River: Pulse Pounders

Table of Contents

Payback is a Bitch by Diana Deverell

Death-Blind by Robert Jeschonek

The Airship Adventures of Captain Jane Fury by Anthea Sharp

Fifteen Men on a Dead Man’s Chest by Henry Martin

The Tomb of Arisel by Bonnie Elizabeth

Goodnight, Madison by Lisa Silverthorne

Romancing the Puffin by Louisa Swann

Dominant Species by Dayle A. Dermatis

Three Seconds by T. Thorn Coyle

Blood Chase by Leah Cutter

Caterpillar Boot Man by Valerie Brook

The Case of the Dead Son by Laura Ware

Breakfast at Luigi’s by Thea Hutcheson

Black Phantom, Gray Op by Stefon Mears

The Last Ramekin by Liz Pierce

The Princess, the Huntsman and the Monster by Erik Lynd

Fiction River is an original fiction anthology series. Modeled on successful anthology series of the past, from Orbit to Universe to Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, the goal of Fiction River is to provide a forum for original ground-breaking fiction of all genres. Each Fiction River volume comes in ebook and trade paperback format, published by WMG Publishing, and features some of the best new and established fiction writers in publishing. Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch are award-winning editors, as well as award-winning writers, and act as series editors for the anthologies. For more information about the authors or Fiction River, go to www.fictionriver.com.