Escape: a collection of short stories

By Vincent Roberts

Higgledy-Piggledy: A writer is in a terrible traffic accident and is hospitalized for many months. When he gets home, he tries to continue life with his family as before. But dark and frightening things begin to happen. Is it his writer's imagination or something much worse?
A Vampire Dream: A beautiful and golden family spends an idyllic, sundrenched day on the ocean, playing on the white beach, splashing in the turquoise waves and wishing on the stars. In an act of ultimate faith, the man takes measures to ensure that this life, his dream, will never end.
Holbrook House: It is the most haunted house in Pennsylvania. Just ask the inhabitants from the past and the new generation moving in. Old habits are hard to break, and sometimes the dead should stay dead.
High Note: A man is disappointed with all aspects of his life, his wife and children, his dead-end job and his milk toast friend. But he finds that moment in time when the high note makes all things right.
Slow Burn: A passive young woman is married to a brutal man, the quintessential wife beater. As she matures into the marriage, she finally takes her daddy's advice and puts a stop to the brutality.
Primitive State: A handful of people are sequestered in a dilapidated state hospital when they survive a devastating biochemical attack. According to the nurse and doctor, the survivors have developed immunity to the chemicals used in the attack and are given the choice to stay in safety or go out into the primitive new world.
Class Reunion: A young man is being pursued. He fears a supernatural stalker and he's right. He looks for asylum and finds it with a tarot card reader, a priest and a medium. So does his stalker. He meets his destiny in this story, through his agonizing past, his horrific crimes of vengeance, and his uncertain future. Take heed should you share his predilections. Someone is watching ... and w

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BQJFTF6T
• ISBN13: 9798370711848
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"