Rival explorers travel the world in a relentless search for the lost treasure of a ruthless Japanese pirate. A benevolent young American in Paris brings out the worst in a vulnerable, blind beggar. And on the North Shore of Massachusetts, freakishly hot winter weather turns a surfer’s fantasy into a horrifying nightmare… THE VICARIOUS TRAVELER sparkles with humor, drama, adventure, and delightful poetry.

From serene seaside towns on the Adriatic coast, and bustling fish markets in South Korea, to bone-rattling journeys across West Africa, and global warming ocean disaster across east coast America, we proudly present the work of Philip Barbara, Elaine Barnard, Douglas Cole, Michael Coolen, Rob Dinsmoor, Mary Donaldson-Evans, Joan Frank, Katie Frankel, Sharon Frame Gay, Dave Gregory, Mark Halpern, M. T. Ingoldby, Michael C. Keith, Jean L. Kreiling, Brian James Lewis, David Macpherson, Diane G. Martin, Matt Mason, Robert Garner McBrearty, Matthew Menary, Joe Mills, Matthew Mitchell, Dan Morey, Lawrence Morgan, James B. Nicola, Valerie Nieman, Don Noel, Olga Pavlinova Olenich, Robert Perron, Thomas Piekarski, Richard Charles Schaefer, Gary Singh, and Robert Wexelblatt. Plus, exclusive interviews with crime writer Timothy J. Lockhart and award-winning author Matthew P. Mayo.