Before we begin / Lawrence Block -- Crack / James W. Hall -- Girls in villa costas / Marthayn Pelegrimas -- End of it all / Ed Gorman -- Theme for hyacinth / Julian Symons -- Hot springs / James Crumley -- Do with me what you will / Joyce Carol Oates -- Hero / Jeremiah Healy -- Ro erg / Robert Weinberg -- Sauce for the goose / Gil Brewer -- Every morning / Richard Marsten -- I'm in the book / Loren D. Estleman -- Hell on wheels /T homas S. Roche -- Handgun for protection / John Lutz -- All that glitters / Joan Hess -- Man who shot Trinity Valance / Paul Bishop -- Age of desire / Clive Barker -- Speaking of lust / Lawrence Block.