Snapshot: Collected Stories

Snapshot, Collected Stories features eight stories previously published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine between 1986 and 1995 and four new works. A man breaks a sacred circle of a sing; an old man is haunted by goblins; a pilot returning home flies over trapped horses in a snowbank; an ex con wants his past exonerated; an amnesiac tries to learn who she is, an art critic confronts his own judgementalness; a mother finally deals with an overly possessive son; a desert vanquished man searches for a lost victim; a journalist sent into Indochina uncovers fraudulent currency; a woman who transports water in flood plains determines how a young vagabond met her death; a bounty hunter tracks an armored van theft; and a father relives the tragic death of his son. These stories of bravery and compassion strike to the endurance of the human spirit.