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This is the first of several ''Free 4 All'' collections that were supposed to be themeless. However, with the number of submissions that came in, it seems that this could be called an Angels & Devils collection, mixing PI & Police alongside tales from the bad guys. Mind you, that''s not to say that all the PIs & Police are Good Guys - though hopefully this collection is not too NOIR for some.

Followers of the somewhat bent and twisted Crimeucopia path will know that although we don''t deal with flash fiction as a rule, it is a rule that we have sometimes broken. And let''s face it, if you cannot break your own rules now and again, whose rules can you break?

Oh, wait, isn''t that the basis of the crime fiction genre?

Oh dear....

As with all of these anthologies, we hope you''ll find something that you immediately like, as well as something that takes you out of your comfort zone - and puts you into a completely new one.

In other words, in the spirit of the Murderous Ink Press motto:

You never know what you like until you read it.

Totally - adverb: completely; absolutely. Used to emphasize a clause or statement. "He/She is totally bat-shit crazy!"

Psycho - noun: an unstable and aggressive person. "Don''t you know? My ex is a total psycho!"

adjective: exhibiting unstable and aggressive behaviour. "There''s some kind of psycho nut job on the loose out there!"

Logical - adjective: characterized by or capable of clear, sound reasoning. "His/Her logical mind? Are you nuts or something?"

But are all psychos ''nut jobs''? Or, given the chance, could they show that their actions really are totally logical? At least, from their perspective that is.

Laurie Stevens, Jesse Aaron, Patrick Ambrose, Stephen D. Rogers, Wendy Harrison, Jan Glaz, Brandon Doughty, Elena Schacherl, Joyce Bingham, Jeff Somers, Glenn Francis Faelnar, Douglas Soesbe, C.G. Merchant, Daniel C. Bartlett, Richard J. O''Brien, David Bradley, and Kamal M

All take you on journeys that might often put a skewer through any rational thought processes you think you might have.

And as always, with all of these anthologies, we hope you''ll find something that you immediately like, as well as something that takes you out of your regular padded cell comfort zone - and puts you into a completely new one because, in the spirit of the Murderous Ink Press motto:

You never know what you like until you read it.