him. She also learns a hard lesson about keeping friends in her field. Sideshow Slayer Author: Greg Cox Collected in: Vol. IV Setting: Duluth, Minnesota, 1911 The Slayer, Millicent "Millie" Rose Gresham is approaching her eighteenth birthday and therefore the Cruciamentum awaits. Millie is a travelling Slayer, covering within a carnival side show. The plans go wrong, leading to death and destruction. Survivors Author: Kristine Kathryn Rusch Collected in: Vol. IV Setting: Chicago 1919 The Slayer, Dorothy "Dot" Singers is approaching her eighteenth birthday and therefore the Cruciamentum awaits her. Her Watcher, Reginald Hill, is suffering from a very severe mental illness. The War Between the States Author: Rebecca Rand Kirshner Collected in: Vol. II Setting: New York, 1922 A young woman named Sally Jean comes to New York and becomes awed by a flapper named Ardita O'Reilly who is in fact the current Slayer. Sally Jean becomes completely enthralled by everything that Ardita possesses, until she learns what exactly Ardita is and what she does. Silent Screams Author: Mel Odom Collected in: Vol. I Setting: Germany, 1923 Herr Lichtermann is the Watcher of the new official Slayer, Britta. He trains her but never once encounters a vampire or demon. One night, the Slayer and Watcher attend a screening of a new movie, only to find out that the creators are vampires who plan to kill their audience. Herr Lichtermann runs away, leaving Britta to die alone, breaking his promise to her. But Lichtermann is captured and put into a cell with the newly vamped Britta who wants nothing more than to kill the Watcher that betrayed her. Voodoo Lounge Author: Christopher Golden Collected in: Vol. III Setting: December 12, 1940 Sequel to Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row. The Slayer and her Watcher try to find a Watcher who has gone missing in 1940's United States. Stakeout on Rush Street Author: Max Allan Collins with Matthew V. Clemens Collected in: Vol. II Setting: Chicago, Illinois, 1943 The current Slayer is a private eye who goes by the name Betty. She has ties to the mob currently in Chicago and has helped them out on several occasions. When she learns that one of their current employees is in fact a vampire, she informs the mob boss who agrees to pay her a large sum of money in exchange for her killing the vampire. Undeadsville Author: Michael Reaves