It arrived without warning. A plague of unknown origin. Like a biblical pestilence, it swept through modern civilization almost overnight, destroying good and evil alike. Leaving only a handful of survivors to make their way through an empty landscape and face the unknown horrors that lay hidd...
Adrienne, a psychologist, discovered Clay in a hospital, his hands recovering from the brutal beating he had given three muggers. When she finds a bizarre genetic abnormality in his blood, Clay shares with her his entire story. He is a man programmed to kill, struggling to outrun the evil in his ...
Thematic collection of 12 stories based around the theme of urban decay.# From Out of the Angry Ruins • Philip Nutman • introduction# • Godflesh • # • Childhood at the Lost and Found • # • Androgyny • # • In a Roadhouse Far, Past the Edge of Town • # • Naked Lunchmeat •# • Cancer Causes Rats •# •...
We were given language, says an old parable, because God loves the stories. And he loves the stories because they help him know himself better. These eight tales in Brian Hodge's renowned second collection advance the cause a little further.Full of gods and devils, tormentors and deliverers, Fall...
Frowning in concentration, working that tongue tip at the corner of her mouth. Justin thought she probably wasn’t even aware of doing it. Amazing, all the little habits that characterize us that for years go unrealized. Sometimes even to the grave. He enjoyed watching her ...
Even Gunther seemed bored, and she’d not thought this possible. Had always thought of Gunther as the type who could shut down his nominal higher brain functions and outstare a lizard until it crawled away in defeat. High noon on Monday, as they simmered behind the wheel of a Cadillac going nowher...
Sorry to disappoint. Even if she were so inclined, there were more efficient ways of offing yourself than flinging your bod from a third-floor window. At best, from this one, you'd only smash your legs on the flat-topped cobblestones of the street.And why spoil such a perfectly fine afternoon, an...
Melody had spent the night wondering, well, what if it was cloudy. Hoping for this like she’d never hoped for anything. Maybe it would make a difference if nobody could see the sun. The law seemed firm about where it had to be. If they didn’t know, maybe they’d have to wait, if only another day. ...