Promise in the Gold — Dean Wesley Smith

Cave Creek, Nevada—Where the Unexpected Meets the Real WorldStrange, unexplained events long plagued residents of Cave Creek, a former mining town nestled in a hidden canyon north of Las Vegas.In two previous anthologies, Bitter Mountain Moonlight and Open Ended Threat, the stories recount the past and present of the mythical Cave Creek, where portals to other timelines open and then disappear in the desert and rocks around the town.Promise in the Gold takes the reader into the future, where people who slip through the portals create new timelines—and past, present, and future cross paths in some very weird and sometimes scary ways.Includes:Echoes by Caleb MonroeA Mother's Protection by Deb MillerRaven's Many Shadows by Kate PavelleIn Search of Historical Truths by Céline MalgenSearching for Dave by Richard FreebornSecond Youth by Rebecca M. SeneseFinding Mercury by Judy LunsfordBuster by Teresa Gaskins