The darkness is always there... Ghosts and secrets, monsters and mysteries, and some sinister desires are hiding in the shadows cast over the lives in this collection of supernatural thrillers, love stories, and grim tales. ...but will it take over? "The Shadow Orphans" - A vacant old house shrouded in mystery serves as a playground for three curious children - Howard, Andy, and Caroline, with dire consequences. "The Mortician's Son" - While working in his family's funeral home, Tristan sees his peculiar fascination with death fade as he falls in love with the girl who works at the coffee house across the street. "The Psychedelic Hotel" - Amateur photographer PJ encounters a group of ghosts in an abandoned hotel, and an important part of his past is revealed. "Unfinished Business" - A dead man takes a holiday from the grave existing as a zombie, ghost, and living man. "Evil Creatures" - In this romantic tale set in 19th-century England, as an unusual girl named Jane matures, she develops skills that help thwart a doctor's insidious plan. "Arbitrary Lives" - After her little girl's death, grieving young mother Brielle follows her ghost into the past and the future, but who are the people she sees there? "Claustrophobia" - While braving his fear to join a protest, Tariq encounters a mysterious old foe. "The Curse of the Maclellans" - In nineteenth-century Scotland, Glendice falls under both a witch's romantic spell and then his actual one. Meanwhile, her family's houseguest learns that their manor is beset by ghosts. "A Chalice of Blood" - After Anne Marie joins a convent, she learns something shocking about a priest and a nun who are guests of its affiliated church. Lenore has been writing stories all her life, but only recently began self-publishing. This is her third book of short stories.
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