PLAY IT AS HE LIES by Matt Sledge A PI is hired to deliver the goods on a kidnapping caper. And deliver he does, to his own satisfaction . . . POOL OFF by Don Travers When a man finds his man cheating on him at a party, he heads out to the pool to cool off. Only, the action is even hotter, and wetter, back there . . . STRANGERS ON A PLANE by Colin Kurtz His proposal came over a hand job at 30,000 feet: 'I'll take care of your partner, if you'll take care of mine.' It was an offer too tantalizing to resist, especially for a guy looking to get rid of his partner . . . TO THE RESCUE by Landon Dixon The rough play was getting out of hand . . . until a hero strode out of the night, and put a stop to it. Ruining everything. But maybe there was a way to get back at the do-gooder . . .