Five haunted tales from the author of THE HAUNTING OF SAM CABOT and THE LOST VILLAGE. Mich Redlon is struggling to understand the horrific visions of brutal murder that plagued him as a child and have now resumed after years of reprieve. And the bent little creature from his nightmares is back, egging him on to unspeakable acts of brutality. Mitch knows he’s not capable of murder. So who’s responsible? He sets himself to the task of finding the truth even as THE FEAR threatens to destroy him.In the quiet little town of Somerville the dead don’t go away like everywhere else. In fact they all come back. When Christian’s little brother disappears he’s determined to find him. His quest leads him to that terrible place in the woods behind Doggett’s farm where the dead are buried and only half brought back to life, the place known as the RESURRECTION PIT.In the town of River Landing children are disappearing from their cribs and the FBI is looking for a deranged lunatic. Alden thinks it has something to do with THE NEST that sits atop the giant white pine tree on the island across the river. Ever wonder what it would be like to live the same terrifying nightmare over and over again forever? Jack knows. He is lost in a lost world where rationality has taken a permanent vacation and he’s being haunted by a DARKNESS beyond all comprehension. How many women did John Lennon bed in his lifetime? Does he still exist in a strange time warp where women are forced into his company by invisible men who drive skewed automobiles? Deb Stiles thinks so but she also believes that her soul is in jeopardy. She tells reporter Rick Sanchez about the strange East End Hotel known as Strawberry Fields and of the room with the number 9 on the door. Rick Sanchez doesn't know it but he's in for the ride of his life.A story with a twist you won't see coming.“Mark Edward Hall writes like a master. Stephen King, yes, but also like Stoker, Poe, and Bradbury, yeah, even Shakespeare...all those good guys we've forgotten. His prose is hypnotic and seductive, visceral, and edgy. He’s the real thing.” —Kiana Davenport, New York Times Bestselling Author of Cannibal Nights and House of Skin“Hall has an uncanny knack for blending vivid, almost poetic prose with visceral images of jaw-dropping horror to great effect.” —Bram Stoker Award Winning Editor, Vince Liaguno“Poetic and eerily seductive, Hall pushes you to the edge, until you get lost in the beautiful madness of his creations.” —Midwest Book Review“Hall is rapidly climbing the ladder to stake a claim as one of the dark fiction elite.” —Morpheus Tales