In crime of century Jack failed to consider every contingency like an act of self-defense by my pals in Miami, The Company, mob. In every change of policy there's an element of perfidy and a fine line between courage and stupidity. <>"An Element of Perfidy": Late November 1963. The speaker is former vice-president and failed presidential candidate Richard Nixon, who as vice-president served as CIA White House action officer for proposed invasion of Cuba. The information on which this poem is based is found in several of secondary sources cited in endnotes of ebook "JFK: Lines of Fire".

"An Element of Perfidy" is reprinted from the ebook "JFK: Lines of Fire" (Burlington, VT: http://PulpBits , 2003) and first appeared in Prairie Winds (Mitchell, SD) n. 50, Spring 1996.

Adkins also gives us a fascinating glimpse into world of Paganism. Sami's magic powers are real and potent, used in a real world setting and not as some cute form of fantasy. I kept waiting for a violent magical outburst, but that would do Sami and her powers an injustice.

Overall, this is best of four eBooks I've had opportunity to read over past couple of years. The editing is as good as you'll find in most mid-level imprints, and Mari Adkins shows a knack for storytelling that will one day propel her to a hefty book deal with a print publisher.

Jason Sizemore is the publisher and managing editor of "Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest".