Taking the revolver was their first mistake. Using it was their second.

Marlin Hattenburg has no idea of the mayhem he's about to unleash when he discovers an ugly gun while at work. Holding the snub-nose revolver fills him with hope that his marital problems will soon melt away.

He's dead wrong.

The same pistol soon winds up in the hands of a junkie, followed by a mother, a spy, and even a failed clown. Each of them believes a found revolver to be good fortune or a solution to their problems. They, too, are wrong.

How does one discarded revolver lead to so much trouble? Follow the gun through one Pacific Northwest summer and find out.

Lost and Loaded: a Gun's Tale is a collection of fourteen stories from crime fiction's freshest voices. Get your copy today and experience a summer of broken dreams and murder.