horseman, Phillip, trying to get him to pick a valuable lock. Phillip revealed himself to be Weaver, and that in their encounter a year ago Fisher had mistaken Lane for Weaver and vice versa. Lane, however, is not dead; the gun Fisher used was faulty and all the entire robbery deaths were staged. Farting Dan entered and the two of them retrieved the boxes. "Dirty Weather" by Gregg Hurwitz A bar in a small, ransacked town is under armed robbery. Rick Jacobs manages to scare off the robber who was after a load of cash in a safe. After pocketing the cash, Jacobs and a maid who worked at the bar escaped the road-blocked town. Jacobs reveals he faked the robbery scene with his crime partner, knocking the maid out and stealing the money. Other short stories in the collection "Spirit Walker" by David Dun "At the Drop of a Hat" by Denise Hamilton "The Other Side of the Mirror" by Eric Van Lustbader "Man Catch" by Christopher Rice "Goodnight, Sweet Mother" by Alex Kava "Sacrificial Lion" by Grant Blackwood "Interlude at Duane's" by F. Paul Wilson "The Powder Monkey" by Ted Bell "Surviving Toronto" by M. Diane Vogt "Assassins" by Christopher Reich "The Athens Solution" by Brad Thor "Diplomatic Constraints" by Raelynn Hillhouse "The Devil's Due" by Steve Berry "The Tuesday Club" by Katherine Neville "Gone Fishing" by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child References 2006 anthologies American anthologies Fiction anthologies Thriller short story collections Mira Books books