Synopsis
As curious and compelling a collection of short stories as you could wish to see, each with its own little twist;A cabin in the woods. Peaceful and picturesque – but with a terrifying secret. Sometimes beauty is not all it seems. Children often see things that are not there – or maybe exist only in their fertile imaginations. What happens though, when it stops becoming imaginary? What if the ‘friend’ they have, is crying out to them?A man wanders the streets and byways of London, aimless and tired. It has been so long. The things he has done are both terrifying and satisfying at the same time. Who is he? Where did he come from? Where is he going? All the questions he often poses to himself. He is a mystery, an enigma. Elusive and evasive – a figure of horror throughout history. Now it was time to leave….A darkened room, a secret, and someone is coming – looking. Who is the man in the room, why is he there and what has he done? Lots of questions and not so many answers…A man awakes to a heavy hangover and not much in the way of recollection from the night before. What did happen last night? Maybe it was a little more than he could ever imagine.A bus stop is the scene for a sad and melancholy story about a young man and the decision he made in his life – one that changed everything and left him sitting in a lonely bus shelter, contemplating life around him.We all imagine what our funeral will be like – who will be there and how will we be remembered. In times of a global pandemic, things have changed. Even death itself, it seems, is not exempt from the effects of the virus.A driving test is one of the most nerve-wracking events in life. What happens when it goes wrong, and the person taking the test has thoughts of destruction?When we spend long enough with someone, his or her ways and wants become familiar to us, expected even. What happens when it all becomes too much? What happens, when sanity leaves, and desperate measures contemplated? Even the simple, benign things such as sleeping, can be the catalyst for deadly action.A house, one that holds a terrifying secret – a terrifying lodger. A couple move in to their new home, looking for a new start, instead, they meet the current resident.Walking through the wilderness, a man stumbles up a campfire. A story told, and a story received. Is the old man by the fire all he seems?Tales of strange going's on, mysterious and frightening in equal measure. A collection that touches the very soul of each and every one of us. Read with the lights on...
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