A collection of short fiction mysteries and thrillers, with selections by Gennifer Choldenko, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Matt de la Peña, and others.

The old, dead nuisance / by M.T. Anderson -- Believing in Brooklyn / by Matt de la Peña -- The double eagle has landed / by Anthony Horowitz -- Pirate / by Walter Dean Myers -- Thad, the ghost, and me / by Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Pudding / by Jarrett J. Krosoczka -- The snake mafia / by Gennifer Choldenko -- Nate Macavoy, monster hunter / by Bruce Hale -- Boys will be boys / by James Patterson -- Ghost vision glasses / by Patrick Carman.