"Wrest once the law to your authority. To do a great right, do a little wrong, and curb this cruel devil of his will." --Shakespeare, The Merchant of VeniceA husband and wife have both been keeping secrets from each other. A young bioengineer concocts a plague that will change the world. A tavern-owner wrestles with murdering the sheriff terrorizing her town. A clairvoyant struggles with telling the truth about her view of the future.This anthology is full of tough questions and troubling answers. Each story is written by an active member of the Salt City Genre Writers, and each poses its own thorny ethical dilemma. Dive in, and you'll get 14 different answers to the question, "Do you sometimes have to be bad to do good?"
Bryan Young (he/they) works across many different media. His work as a writer and producer has been called "filmmaking gold" by The New York Times. He's also published comic books with Slave Labor Graphics and Image Comics. He's been a regular contributor for the Huffington Post, StarWars.com, Star Wars Insider magazine, SYFY, /Film, and was the founder and editor in chief of the geek news and review site Big Shiny Robot! In 2014, he wrote the critically acclaimed history book, A Children’s Illustrated History of Presidential Assassination. He co-authored Robotech: The Macross Saga RPG and has written five books in the BattleTech Universe: Honor's Gauntlet, A Question of Survival, Fox Tales, Without Question, and the forthcoming VoidBreaker. His latest non-fiction tie-in book, The Big Bang Theory Book of Lists is a #1 Bestseller on Amazon. His work has won two Diamond Quill awards and in 2023 he was named Writer of the Year by the League of Utah Writers. He teaches writing for Writer’s Digest, Script Magazine, and at the University of Utah. Follow him across social media @swankmotron or visit swankmotron.com.