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“The Sunshine Tax,” copyright © 2005 by James Swain
“Passline,” copyright © 2005 by S. J. Rozan
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“Killer Heels Kill Twice as Dead,” copyright © 2005 by T. P. Keating
“Iggy’s Stuff,” copyright © 2005 by J. Madison Davis
“A Temporary Crown,” copyright © 2005 by Sue Pike
“The Gambling Master of Shanghai,” copyright © 2005 by Joan Richter
“House Rules,” copyright © 2005 by Libby Fischer Hellmann
“Rolling the Bones,” copyright © 2005 by Tom Savage
“Oddsmaker,” copyright © 2005 by Edward Wellen
“The Dope Show,” copyright © 2005 by K.j.a. Wishnia
“Death of a Whale in the Church of Elvis,” copyright © 2005 by Linda Kerslake
“Neighbors,” copyright © 2005 by John Wessel
“The End of the World (As We Know It),” copyright © 2005 by Lise McClendon
“Nickels and Dimes,” copyright © 2005 by Ronnie Klaskin
“Even Gamblers Have to Eat,” copyright © 2005 by Ruth Cavin
“The Magic Touch,” copyright © 2005 by A. B. Robbins
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