Small Crimes — Michael Bracken

Whether committed with good intentions or bad, every small crime has consequences. What goes around comes around in Neil Schofield's "Chainmail." An apple a day keeps the father away in Paula J. Matter's "Not Too Far From the Tree." Charity begins at home in Tom Sweeney's "Hidashar." The poor guy just wants to buy his daughter a dress in Michael Bracken's "Dreams Unborn." These and many more stories from today's finest mystery writers, including -- Jack Bludis, Gary R. Bush, James S. Dorr, Kevin Egan, Ted Hertel, Jr., T. P. Keating, Chelle Martin, Dorothy Rellas, Stephen D. Rogers, Tim Wohlforth, and Simon Wood