Tommy knows the rules. Stay off the logs on the beach. Walk near the water but don't get your feet wet. And if the sick try to get you, don't stop to think — just drop, roll, and run away fast.

Tommy's still alive because he followed the rules. Then he meets Jessie, a girl who doesn't believe in rules, not even the most important rule of all: tell people if you're sick.

This edition of "Jessie" includes a BONUS copy of Annie Reed's zombie survivor story "Patient Z."

"The appearance of a new Annie Reed story is a treat. Try one and you'll be hooked." — Dave Hendrickson, author of CRACKING THE ICE, forthcoming from WestSide Press

Annie Reed is a prolific writer whose fiction has been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine as well as in numerous anthologies from Daw and Pocket Books.