Webster defines "obsession" as an "a persistent disturbing abnormal preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling."Obsessions sometimes include a hobby or collection that has gotten out of hand. Other times an obsession can drive a person to invent something new, cure a disease or attempt to right a great wrong. And at other times, obsessing can send a person down a dark and disturbing path.Obsessions can be healthy; can be born out of love and t...

Horror short story. A reporter journeys to a small town to investigate claims of the Second Coming, only to rediscover his own dark past.

Fantasy short story. A young woman finds her life taking a bizarre turn after her pen-pal -- a princess of the realm -- dies under mysterious circumstances.

A maternity ward snapshot opens up a world of occult tragedy...A small Texas town harbors the Second Coming -- and a host of unspeakable secrets...A Dust Bowl family faces down a terrifying alien contagion...A haunted grocery store holds a woman's only chance at redemption...Visit the darkness in the shadows of a sunny waterslide park and the flooded corridors of an abandoned missile silo. Tiptoe through the sterile environment of a college physics lab and t...

Three short horror stories by acclaimed author Stephen Couch:SIN TAX: An elderly farmer faces a final judgement as he prepares the latest in a long series of ritual sacrifices.FOO BOXEN: A group of physics students reenact the "Schrodinger's Cat" experiment...with nightmarish results.AISLE FIVE: A social worker fleeing tragedy confronts her destiny in a late-night supermarket.

Science fiction short story. When vile blackguards threaten Queen and Country with the insidious power of mesmerism, only one elite group has any hope of stopping them!

Horror short story. Ten years ago, Eric and Joan survived a massacre. Now, they travel to the site of their greatest nightmare to find something even worse awaits them...progress.

Horror short story. In the depths of the Great Depression, a Panhandle family finds a mysterious contagion may make more than their dreams blow away with the wind.

Horror short story. Safely ensconced in his sofa-cushion fort, Patrick is ready for a night of scary movies...until real monsters invade his home, and the fort becomes his only chance of survival.

Science fiction short story. Freed from jail but banned from using computers, an old-school hacker finds his fascination with the Internet leading him to a world stranger than he could have imagined.

Science fiction short story. Every time he wakes up, he finds himself a prisoner, his memory gone. But through the haze of each new awakening, one thing becomes clear: if he doesn't find a way to escape, these 'humans' that hold him will be his death.

Fantasy short story. A grieving preacher embarks on a desperate journey to save his countrymen from the grip of a diabolical contest.