An abused child encounters the local urban legend – the monstrous Dark Man – and finds himself querying the definition of ‘monster’. Two time-travelling priests visit The Crucifixion, and discover a horror far beyond the brutality of the event itself. An inhuman predator establishes its feeding ground in a small rural town – but does it have competition?
In this collection, representing 25 years of the darker work of author Chuck McKenzie, you’ll something for every reader: horrifying flash fiction, unsettling novelettes, and short horror stories with a twist. There are tales of zombies, kaiju and alien invaders; visits to Hell, and to quiet suburban streets; Lovecraftian horrors and far too human monsters. And other, far less pleasant tales than these…