A diverse and surprising collection of crime-fiction stories with elements of science fiction, fantasy and horror, this volume includes some of Canada's most visionary and imaginative writers. The venues include a futuristic Canada, Alien vistas, the matrix of cyberspace and beyond. Among the heroes and villains are computer hackers, ghosts, astronauts and vampires. A book for the mystery fan and the speculative fiction reader as well. Canada just became a little stranger. 

The map / Andrew Weiner --
Dead man's shoes / Charles de Lint --
The hand you're dealt / Robert J. Sawyer --
The ghost who vanished by degrees / Robertson Davies --
Burning chrome / William Gibson --
The rug / Edo van Belkom --
God is an iron / Spider Robinson --
This town ain't big enough / Tanya Huff --
Dark possessions / James Powell --
Three hearings on the existence of snakes in the human bloodstream / James Alan Gardner --
Barking dogs / Terence M. Green.