Damn Near Dead 2, ed. Bill Crider (978-1935415404; Trade pbk; Busted Flush Press; December 2010)


INTRODUCTION
 by Charlaine Harris			  ix
EDITOR'S FOREWARD
 by Bill Crider				xiii

PATRICIA ABBOTT
 “Sleep, Creep, Leap”			   1
ACE ATKINS
 “The Last Long Ride of El Canejo”	  11
NEAL BARRETT JR.
 “Stiffs”				  23
C.J. BOX
 “The End of Jim and Ezra”		  35
DECLAN BURKE
 “Out Stealing Buddha”			  45
SCOTT A. CUPP
 “Love Story”				  55
CHRISTA FAUST
 “All About Eden”			  59
ED GORMAN
 “Flying Solo”				  67
CAROLYN HAINES
 “Neighborhood Watch”			  81
DAVID HANDLER
 “Memory Sketch”			  95
GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD
 “Some Things You Never Forget”		 105
CAMERON PIERCE HUGHES
 “The War Zone”				 111
JENNIFER JORDAN
 “Gilding Lily”				 121
TONI L.P. KELNER
 “Kids Today”				 127
JOE R. LANSDALE
 “The Old Man in the Motorized Chair”	 137
RUSSEL D. McLEAN
 “Angel of Mercy”			 145
DENISE MINA
 “Miss Hartly and the Cocksucker”	 155
MARCIA MULLER
 “Sometimes You Can’t Retire”		 161
GARY PHILLIPS
 “The Investor”				 167
SCOTT PHILLIPS
 “Bill in Idaho”			 179
TOM PICCIRILLI
 “Zypho the Tentacled Brainsucker
 from Outer Space vs. the Mob”		 189
BILL PRONZINI
 “Trade Secret”				 195
CORNELIA READ
 “The Summer Place”			 201
JAMES REASONER
 “Warning Shot”				 205
KAT RICHARDSON
 “Cutlass”				 219
S.J. ROZAN
 “Chin Yong-Yun Takes a Case”		 229
ANTHONY NEIL SMITH
 “Granny Pussy”				 241
DON WINSLOW
 “Old Men and Old Boards”		 257
AFTERWORD
 by Bill Crider				 263

AUTHOR BIOS				 265