Showing results by author "Michael Marshall Smith"

Revenge is one of the great themes in literature, from Shakespeare to Poe. This collection contains 18 original stories commissioned for this volume plus a reprint of a classic Ruth Rendell mystery.

In this chilling tale of Internet horror, a friendly freelance computer technician finds himself gradually drawn into a seedier side of the Web. When he stumbles across a photograph of a female coworker on a less-than-reputable Web site, it’s clear she had not volunteered for the modeling position, the anger apparent in both her facial expression and body language. There is only one explanation: her boyfriend forced her to do it. As the man fights back his anger and annoyance, he contemplates his options.

It's not every day that the devil knocks on your door. From the critically acclaimed author of Only Forward comes a delightful new tale about Hannah, a young girl living a mundane existence in California, who discovers that her grandfather has been friends with the devil for the past 150 years...and now they need her help.