Story notes The bad guys -- The meek shall inherit... -- Silent night -- Widow's point -- My father and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine -- The witch -- A nightmare on Elm Lane -- Dirty Coppers -- Mischief -- The man in the black sweater -- Odd numbers -- The hunch -- Roses and raindrops -- Stephen King at 70: a tribute to the gunslinger -- The association -- The sculptor -- Murder house script -- The custer files -- The long way home -- Story notes
Summary:
The tales here cover every corner of dark fiction, from the time-warped noir of "Dirty Coppers" to the blood-red west of "The Custer Files." But it's in traditional horror that he really ups the ante. The particulars may seem familiar at first--the rainy-day child murders in "Roses and Raindrops," the allegedly cursed lighthouse in "Widow's Point"--but readers will be surprised at how quickly they're hooked and shocked at how the stories wend their way to unexpected conclusions. Chizmar has a genuine gift for undermining expectations and infusing the widely known tropes of the genre with fresh power
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