Ken Brosky's second collection of horror and science fiction features 10 previously published and unpublished tales guaranteed to keep you up at night ...
"Fortunes" (first published in Shadowland Magazine)
A mysterious fortune cookie predicts Larry's future with eerie accuracy. When he's offered an opportunity to buy another, he quickly realizes even good fortunes can have profound consequences.
"Bullets From Heaven" (previously unpublished)
A mysterious new military device is being tested in the remote mountain region of Pakistan, and as one lone reporter digs deeper, he finds that a terrifying mistake has been made. All he needs is proof ...
"Wonderland" (first published in Skyline Magazine)
Sandra thought she was just buying ice cream. When she wakes up in a strange house shackled to the wall, she knows she's in trouble. The men who own the house have plans for her and the only way out may just be to use her imagination.
"God Speaks to Them" (previously unpublished)
The closest planet capable of sustaining life contains a terrifying surprise: aliens who look exactly like humans. They behave like humans. They sound like humans. The only difference: they claim to be able to communicate with God.
"Asylum Blues" (first published in The Late, Late Show)
A patient has gone missing in an insane asylum following a late-night lockdown. Patients and guards are dead. Blood coats the halls. Only one person knows exactly what happened ... and he may be responsible for it all.
"The Dark Tower" (first published ABCtales Magazine)
In the future, while everything is falling apart, a single young man finds solace in an old book tucked away inside a crumbling secondhand store.
"The Wretched" (previously unpublished)
The year is 1954. A murder has been committed on an island leper colony and an FBI agent has been assigned to bring the killer to justice. But the more he learns about the island and its inhabitants, the more he suspects there's something more to the mystery, and stopping the killer may require believing the rumors spreading across the island. Rumors about a hellish supernatural creature that refuses to die.
Bonus stories:
"And Then They Came for Us" (previously unpublished)
An alien race called the Aerochai are
decimating earth. A handful of survivors have fled the destruction and
ended up at Auschwitz, a museum preserving the memory of a dark chapter
in humanity's past. As they grapple with the ghosts of tragedy, the
Aerochai creep closer.
"Reckoning" (previously unpublished)
A video
diary of a solitary scientist details the history and motivations of the
Aerochai, who are on the verge of destroying earth. But when a strange
emergency broadcast reveals their weakness, the scientist realizes
there's still hope. And there will be a reckoning.
"Some Like it Cold" (first published in Via Galactica)
When their van breaks down in a mysterious town
suffocated by a strange, cold mist, three snowboarders must escape a
terrifying fate and a terrifying creature that wants to feed on their
body heat.
Fans of Stephen King, John Shirley, Harlan Ellison and Clive Barker will feel right at home in this collection.
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