Horror author Rick R. Reed's first collection of short stories presents ten of his best--and scariest--tales. Nine of the ten stories have appeared previously in such acclaimed anthologies as The Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams and the one new story "Meat Mallet" introduces readers to a very gruesome chef, who is hungry for more than love. From the macabre to the surreal to the all-too-real, these stories convey both the despair and hope of the human condition, while at the same time providing sleep-with-lights-on nightmare chills.
Rick R. Reed is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than sixty works of published fiction, spanning genres such as horror, psychological suspense and love stories. He is a Lambda Literary Award finalist and a multiple Rainbow Award winner.
Entertainment Weekly has described his work as “heartrending and sensitive.” Lambda Literary has called him: “A writer that doesn’t disappoint…”