In this debut novel from Gustaf Berger, a journalist whose fireman father died on 9/11 pursues a couple of slick scammers who benefited from the disaster. When Ted wakes up with his girlfriend du jour on the morning of 9/11, having missed his appointment in the World Trade Center Towers, he turns on the TV and, seeing the mayhem, calls his business partner to let him know he's still alive. His partner reminds him of their five-million dollar life insurance policy and suggests he "stay dead."Twelve years later Jordan, a young journalist, hears about two men who benefited from the 9/11 disaster, and she pursues them to expose and bring them to justice; her father was one of the firemen who disappeared into the Towers never to be seen again.Her quest leads her from one offbeat character to another until she reaches the eccentric Leonard Legasse, Ted's best friend, who agrees to tell her the whole story. But does he? Danger lurks, yet the intrepid Jordan persists, even when her family becomes the target of an unscrupulous mobster.

This issue of Kzine contains sf, horror, crime and fantasy stories and sometimes a mixture of these genres. The authors are: Maureen Bowden, Liam North, Michelle Anne King, Derrick Boden, Jackie Bee, Tyler Bourassa, Steven Mace and Gustaf Berger. The cover illustration is by Dave Windett.

When Leonard turns eleven, he gets a paper route. It's the 1950s. Witney is a small town, where everyone seems to know everyone else's business. He now gets a peek behind closed doors. It isn't his fault that he meets Miss Simpson, a 39-year-old spinster who always wanted a son. He's without a father, and his mother is too busy to give him attention. They bond immediately and for two years this mismatched pair share colorful adventures: swimming, gardening, dining, movies, and fishing (at low tide, we tread the flats and dug in the muck with our toes for clams.) Then puberty changes his world. Girls in school ridicule him for his relationship with her; his friends urge him to take advantage of her, leading to one tragic night that changes the trajectory of their lives.