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An unidentified wild creature is on the lose in Blanco and when a dead body turns up with a fang-like wound in its neck, the locals are sure they are dealing with a mythical vampirish beast called a chupacabra. It's up to game warden John Marlin to make sense of the eerie events before another body shows up.

Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Richard Russo, this year's collection boasts a satisfying "chorus of twenty stories that are by turns playful, ironic, somber, and meditative" (Wall Street Journal). With the masterful Russo picking the best of the best, America's oldest and best-selling story anthology is sure to be of "enduring quality" (Chicago Tribune) this year.