Introduction: down these mean crypts a (wo)man must walk / Justin Gustainis -- Little better than a beast (a Marla Mason story) / T. A. Pratt -- Dusted (a Cosa Nostradamus story) / Laura Anne Gilman -- Demon you know...(a Demon-hunting soccer mom story) / Julie Kenner -- Spirit of the thing (a Nightside story) / Simon R. Green -- Holding the line (a Jill Kismet story) / Lilith Saintcrow -- Defining shadows (a Dectective Jessi Hardin story) / Carrie Vaughn -- Deal breaker (a Quincey Morris story) / Justin Gustainis -- See me (a Smoke and shadows story) / Tanya Huff -- Soul stains (a Vampire Babylon story) / Chris Marie Green -- Under the hill and far away (a Black London story) / Caitlin Kittridge -- An ace in the hole (a Sazi story) / C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp -- Hell bound (a Hell on earth story) / Jackie Kessler -- Impossible to love (a Piers Knight story) / C. J. Henderson -- Running wild (an Outcast season story) / Rachel Caine