Description: Twelve stories take us into the hearts and minds of thirteen award-winning authors. Explore the wide reach of horror fiction of the early 21st century in this selection of tales ranging from dark comedy to horrifically dark.A disintegrating marriage, rampaging Pomeranians, unwelcome tourists, a lark gone wrong, a frustrated ghost, a confused dreamer, communication from beyond, a mercurial stray, misplaced love, a disturbing addiction, alien hypnotism, and transformation in a dieselpunk world. From the blackest depths of imagination to the tragedy of blunt reality, these tales will haunt you long after you turn the last page.Contains a combination of stories in print for the first time and stories reprinted from short fiction markets.
