Passageways

Crime doesn't pay...but reading about crime is fun!Duskbound Books presents NEFARIOUS, our take on crime fiction, featuring stories that range from traditional murder mysteries to light satire and even the supernatural. A porcine detective aims to solve the murder of a prince and princess, a spy searches for the truth behind his latest mission, and a gumshoe investigates mysterious deaths while battling his feelings for the reporter who follows him from crime to crime. Aliens, ghosts, and clones inhabit this criminal underworld too, and we also feature traditional cozy stories about chocolate and Italian food--not to mention the Italian mob! Come with us as we explore dastardly motives and evil deeds.Featuring stories by Alec Cizak, Cari Dubiel, Christopher Duda, Susan K. Hamilton, Kerry Hammond, Peter M. Harmon, Manuel Jimenez, L. L. Kaplan, and Mike X Welch.

From the outer reaches of space to the forests of a medieval world, explore the imagined retellings of your favorite fairy tales and myths. In this second installment in the Writing Bloc's Passageways series of anthologies, dive into fourteen stories from new and veteran writers alike, running the gamut of genres and touching a multitude of themes. Each story is a compact adventure into unfamiliar worlds with familiar tones, arranged to be devoured piece by piece or all in one gulp.