The day Anna Hampton's husband, Zach, was killed was the day she lost her faith. Ranger Daniel Cochran represents everything she doesn't like. Not only is he a lawman, but he's a God-fearing man like Zach. His faith might work for him, but the only thing Anna saw it do was get her husband killed. The Ranger's presence grows more and more welcome, especially when danger lurks around every corner, and Anna is caught in the middle.Ranger Daniel Cochran knows when he arrives in Strawberry Junction, Texas he's in for a battle. Taking the position as the town's sheriff is only a temporary assignment. His real job in the small, close-knit community is to catch a killer...the same man who killed Sheriff Zach Hampton. What he hadn't figured on was the sheriff's angry widow getting in his way. Or the feelings she stirs in his heart.

Learn about tarot while doing a relaxing coloring activity. The Wandering Traveler Tarot coloring book was created by the Bohemian Tarot Girl. The book includes images of all 78 Tarot cards from the Wandering Traveler Tarot Deck.

Philip K. Dick died in March of 1982. After his death, Hanson Robotics created a robot in the likeness of the author. It was one of the most advanced of its time, programmed to respond to questions and capable of quoting at length from the author's works. It was a fairly sophisticated artificial intelligence. It wouldn't pass a Turing Test. Many of its responses seemed random or non sequitur. It tended to make statements or offer quotations totally out of context. But it was extremely well-received at the NextFest Fair; one of the most popular exhibits in the event. Later on, the robot was on a flight from Dallas to San Francisco for another demonstration. But there was a stopover in Las Vegas and an unexpected flight change; the android's head was forgotten, and left in an overhead luggage compartment. It hasn't been seen since. But now Hanson Robotics wants it back. And they will go to any lengths to regain it.

This issue contains a tremendous selection of science fiction from some of the biggest names in the industry.

A chapbook of speculative poetry by award-winning poets Kendall Evans and David C. Kopaska-Merkel, lavishly illustrated by Angela Mark. With an introduction by Mike Allen, who writes: "The hivemind that is Kopaska-Evans-Merkel demonstrates unequivocally how two distinct poetic voices woven into one don't become diluted, but instead emerge into something new and whole and powerful."

It's said Ching Shih loved games of strategy - perhas because she was so talented and savy at naval warfare tactics. Often she ordered her crew to play against her. But pirates too soon wearied of defeat. - for who among them could compete with Shih? She longed to find a foe more challenging - and i these adventures, she did.

speculative verse composition. Kopaska-Merkel and Evans number among the most accomplished of that unique breed of modern bard. Both have had a plethora of poems published in various science fiction, fantasy, and horror venues. Both are award-winning poets; one of their previous collaborative efforts, "The Tin Men," received the Science Fiction Poetry Association's 2006 Rhysling Award for Best Long Poem. Both use verse to ask the eternal speculative question: what if? -Richard H. Fay On impulse it shoplifts... Two robots embark on a journey to self-awareness beside the frozen seas of Saturn's moon Enceladus. A man battles his own psyche's malevolence. Alien maps lead the wanderer to places that seem to create, and chart, themselves. The pieces in this chapbook are science fictional, or so as not to conflate mediums, science speculation. They are undeniably poetry. Evans's and Kopaska-Merkel's stories are not simple, and bear re-reading, and require leaps of faith. But unbundle the worlds within the words here, and it's easy to jump. Send that to the stars. - Samantha Henderson