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.