Twelve Shots Author:Harry Mazer In a dozen riveting new works of short fiction, written especially for this collection, popular contemporary authors explore the emotion-driven world of guns. From the grim reality of urban violence (in "Chalkman" by Rita Williams-Garcia) to a boy's first glimpse of manhood while target-shooting with Dad (in Ron Koertge's "Fresh Meat") to mercy ... more »killing (in Rob Thomas's "The War Chest"), the 12 stories included here are as different as the 12 authors themselves.« less