Those Who Fight Monsters is your one-stop-shop Urban Fantasy anthology of the supernatural.

Fourteen sleuths are gathered together for the first time in all-original tales of unusual cases which require services that go far beyond mere deduction!

Meet the detectives:

• Danny Hendrickson - from Laura Anne Gilman's Cosa Nostradamus series.
• Kate Connor - from Julie Kenner's Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom series.
• John Taylor - from Simon R. Green's Nightside series.
• Jill Kismet - from Lilith Saintcrow's Jill Kismet series.
• Jessi Hardin - from Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Norville series.
• Quincey Morris - from Justin Gustainis' Morris/Chastain Investigations series.
• Marla Mason - from T. A. Pratt's Marla Mason series.
• Tony Foster - from Tanya Huff's Smoke and Shadows series.
• Dawn Madison - from Chris Marie Green's Vampire Babylon series.
• Pete Caldecott - from Caitlin Kittredge's Black London series.
• Tony Giodone - from C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp's Tales of the Sazi series.
• Jezebel - from Jackie Kessler's Hell on Earth series.
• Piers Knight - from C. J. Henderson's Brooklyn Knight series.
• Cassiel - from Rachel Caine's Outcast Season series

Featuring new stories by: Tanya Huff, C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp, Simon R. Green, T. A. Pratt, Chris Marie Green, Lilith Saintcrow, Rachel Caine, Jackie Kessler, Carrie L. Vaughn, Julie Kenner, C. J. Henderson, Laura Anne Gilman, Justin Gustainis and Caitlin Kittredge.

A former Army officer, speechwriter and professional bodyguard, Justin Gustainis is a college professor living in upstate New York. He is the author of The Hades Project (a semi-finalist for the 2003 Stoker award for Best First Novel), Black Magic Woman, Evil Ways and two forthcoming novels: Hard Spell and Sympathy for the Devil. He has also published a number of short stories, two of which won the Graverson Award for Horror in consecutive years. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop.

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"For anyone who loves urban fantasy or anyone who wants a sampling by some of the hottest writers in this thriving field, this collection is a must. Filled with vivid, fantastic images and a wild array of memorable characters, these stories take readers into the hidden worlds that exist alongside our own."
— Jeanne Cavelos, Director of the Odyssey Writing Workshop

"Like a diabolical box of chocolates, this collection of urban fantasy treats is all-dark, all-delicious, and all-dangerous. Longtime fans and new readers alike will devour every last page—and be left drooling for more."
— Jeri Smith-Ready, author of Shade and Bring on the Night