This collection, from an acclaimed Master of Dark Fiction, consists of twenty-one tales with some being straight genre entries, others psychological terror and finally a few shorts that include science fiction elements. The first eighteen are short stories written solely by Rick and the final three are collaborations with Jesse and Matti Hautala, Matthew J. Costello, and Jim Connolly.
The stories included are:
The Nephews
Nightmare Transcript
Non-returnable
Dead Legends
I've Been Thinking About You
The Man Who Looked Like Murphy
Toxic Shock
The Call
Getting the Job Done
Every Mother's Son
Knocking
Hotel Hell
The Compost Heap
Iron Frog
Setup
The Gates of Dawn
Off the Cuff
The Screaming Head
Abduction (written with Jesse and Matti Hautala)
And the Sea Shall Claim Them (written by Matthew J. Costello and A. J. Matthews)
Scared Crows (written with Jim Connolly)
