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A masterful collection of short literary horror from the author of The Night Sitter and Sorcerie. Certain to delight short fiction fans of Stephen King and Joe Hill. The moral of fairy tales is generally good advice. Be prepared for something to try to eat you. . . In "No Swimming After Dark," a city couple with marital issues encounter a strange local ordinance in an isolated mountain resort town. In "The Creature Feature," a struggling actor auditions for the role of his lifetime. In "Fallen Leaf Lake," a serial killer targets the wrong victim. In "Monster Under The Bed," a boy suffering ...

From the author of Sorcerie and Here Lurk Monsters comes a gothic-horror masterpiece. An unemployed nanny running from her past accepts the position of night sitter for a mysterious little girl who only seems to exist between midnight to dawn. You will find the girl in the attic after midnight. You are to be the night sitter, Miss Emily. . . Emily, a woman with nowhere else in this world to go, arrives at the residence of Ms. Vivian Dancemore for a most unusual job interview. The position of night sitter for a peculiar nine year old child by the name of Madelyn Dancemore who only seems to ...

From the author of The Night Sitter and Here Lurk Monsters, a throwback folk-horror thriller with the atmospheric slow-creep of Rosemary's Baby and The Wicker Man. Be careful what you wish for. Something might be listening. . . Following a failed pregnancy, Oliver and Abby learn they will never be able to bear children of their own. Heartbroken, their marriage in decay, the grieving couple exhaust the last of their savings and move from London to a tiny village on a remote British isle for a fresh start. Settling into a small stone cottage beside a dark woods overlooking a gray sea, their ...

From the author of The Night Sitter and Here Lurk Monsters, a spellbinding tale of domestic suspense about a lovelorn suburban housewife who finds macabre inspiration in the dusty pages of a late-Victorian gothic novel on the eve of Halloween. Some trick-'r-treats are best served cold. . . Welcome to a quiet and elegant neighborhood where nothing bad is ever supposed to happen. High-crowned trees arch over sleepy sidewalks, neatly trimmed lawns, lush flower gardens, and large turn-of-the-century homes, including a grand old Tudor of dark wood and dusty brick with Halloween jack-o'-lanterns ...

A gripping coming-of-age small town murder mystery in the backwoods-noir tradition of Stephen King's The Body (Stand by Me) and Daniel Woodrell's Winter's Bone. Knew your daddy, the sheriff whispered. Took the animal down myself. You look just like him, you know. Like a stray dog after a good beating. Nothing more dangerous. . . Ten year old Delbert and his mother return to the small factory town of Shady Creek tucked in the rugged foothills of western North Carolina where Delbert meets his father for the first time after his father is released from prison. With dark secrets festering ...