Edith Maxwell: 6 books

In this short story, software engineer Jackie Rousseau loses her job to outsourcing, as do several others in her group. Their manager doesn't seem to care. Jackie manages to stay afloat financially but she sees the damage the reduction in force wreaks on her friends' lives. Art needs to...

In this short story Elise Chase, about to start a prestigious graduate program in Baltimore, is winding down a quiet life in Japan, teaching English and studying Japanese as she lives with her Navy boyfriend. Their rakish friend Lance flirts with Elise and then asks her to receive a package his sister...

In this short story, when Quaker mill worker Faith Bailey encounters an arsonist who burns down the town's carriage industry in 1888 Massachusetts, she uses her smarts and her faith to track down the killer.

No story, no paycheck. In this short story, crime fiction writer Dorothy finally hits on an idea for murder for her next story, which turns out to be fatal in real life, too.The story originally appeared under the pen name Tace Baker in Burning Bridges: A Renegade Fiction Anthology.

Jody and Katie. Identical twins but so different. They share the same blood, the same DNA, but not the same fingerprints, ambition, or attachment to family. Which turns out to be lethal in the end. In this short story, Katie’s devotion to family along with her addiction issues prove to be an even worse problem for her sister.

In this short story, Yvonne Maupin is delighted when she meets a publisher interested in her literary novel, Souls by the Bay. When the deal goes sour, and she learns Johnny Sorbetto is a literary thief, she plots and carries out a satisfying revenge.Editor and author Chris Roerden said the...