Within these pages…
A man afraid of losing his son ends up losing his mind instead. And then finds himself trapped in a waking nightmare of his own making.
A frustrated man curses life for passing him by but discovers how it feels to be truly forsaken when the universe chooses to teach him a horrifying lesson.
An outcast must decide between vengeance and forgiveness in a world turned upside down by war and famine.
A woman is put on trial in a world where telling the truth is a crime.
A boy lives in constant terror of someone who is supposed to love and protect him but who has betrayed that trust. A horror story that reminds us of the real-life monsters walking among us every day.
And eight other dark tales…
Inhaltsverzeichnis
FOREWORD…………………………………………………………………………….. 7
STRANDED……………………………………………………………………………… 9
NO SUCH THING AS MONSTERS………………………………………….. 17
OVER MY DEAD BODY………………………………………………………… 21
SICK DAY……………………………………………………………………………… 43
THE PIPE……………………………………………………………………………….. 54
THE MESSENGER…………………………………………………………………. 76
DEADFALL LANE…………………………………………………………………. 83
WATER AND WAR………………………………………………………………… 98
STONES……………………………………………………………………………….. 105
DEATHBED…………………………………………………………………………. 124
TO CATCH A FLY………………………………………………………………… 130
THE PRESENT……………………………………………………………………… 144
UGLY…………………………………………………………………………………… 165
Über den Autor
Israel Finn is an American writer of horror, suspense, and science fiction.His stories have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including, In Darkness, Delight: Masters of Midnight from Corpus Press, and Unnerving Magazine, as well as the #1 bestseller (in both the US and the UK) Collected Christmas Horror Shorts.He is a winner of the 80th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Story Competition and the author of Dreaming At the Top of My Lungs.