Introduction / by Rachel Caine -- Shiny / by Rachel Caine -- In vino veritas / by Karen Chance -- Hunt / by Rachel Vincent -- Monsters / by Lilith Saintcrow -- Vampires prefer blondes / by P.N .Elrod -- Nine-tenths of the law / by Jenna Black -- Double dead / by Cheyenne McCray -- A rose by any other name would still be red / by Elizabeth A. Vaughan -- Superman / by Jeanne C. Stein -- Monster mash / by Carole Nelson Douglas -- Wanted: dead or alive / by L.A. Banks -- Mist / by Susan Krinard -- Beyond the pale / by Nancy Holder.