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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. Something stirs in a rotting tenement...but is it the creation of a junkie's fevered imagination, or an old, dark god seeking a home in a new, bleak age?

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

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.

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.

Horror short story. A maternity ward snapshot leads a hospital photographer into a world of occult tragedy.

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. 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.

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

Horror short story. A group of salvage hunters enters an abandoned missile silo in search of treasure...only to find something else awaiting them in its flooded depths.

Horror short story. A chance encounter with a suicide leads a man to discover his exact double...and the terrifying things that doppelganger had uncovered.