A lifetime buried in the mud, a shadow haunting your past, a creature built from offered scraps – there is something lurking in the dark! In this new collection, 15 writers explore the many shapes that darkness can take, from the monstrous to the stark realities of loss and heartbreak. In tales that embrace both the mundane and the supernatural, nothing is impossible, and realities can be shattered and rebuilt for those willing to dare. With stories by Chase Anderson, Die Booth, Tabitha Carless-Frost, Matthew R. Davis, Tony Dunnell, James Dwyer, Seán Finnan, Sara Maria Greene, Michael Imossan, Jesse Krenzel, Chris Kuriata, Shelley Lavigne, e rathke, Sidney Stevens and Johanna Zomers.