<p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>Ten Stories: Together for the First Time</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Jump in the water's fine!</p><p><br></p><p>In Collins Creek Volume 1 you'll find a surprising 10-pack of contemporary short stories from prolific writer Ron Collins all of which first appeared in the Fiction River Anthology project. Bookended by the Derringer award-nominated The White Game and the spy-game thriller The Spy Who Walked into the Cold you'll find the currents of Collins Creek are filled with mystery and crime romance and danger and even a little baseball.</p><p><br></p><p>The common factor connecting them all though is the powerful stream of hope you'll find running through their pages.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong><em><u>Stories Include:</u></em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>The White Game</p><p class=ql-align-center>Us vs. Them</p><p class=ql-align-center>Prospecting</p><p class=ql-align-center>Day of the Party</p><p class=ql-align-center>The Ten Days of Newtonmas</p><p class=ql-align-center>The Year That Went into Extra Innings</p><p class=ql-align-center>Bobo</p><p class=ql-align-center>Hero #8</p><p class=ql-align-center>Look Safe</p><p class=ql-align-center>The Spy Who Walked into the Cold</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>One of short fiction's masters</p><p class=ql-align-center>Kristine Kathryn Rusch</p><p class=ql-align-center>Hugo Award winning Author and Editor</p>