From the eternal sea she rose – a tattered, lifeless husk – with but one solitary purpose: to take the soul of the one who condemned her.

The outcasts of Society, the freaks and the monsters, shamed and beaten into submission, know that Good doesn’t always triumph over Evil. When a little girl’s life hangs in the balance, however, the question doesn’t hinge on right or wrong, but on whether or not such an outcast—cocooned in darkness that exists halfway between fear and despair—can step into the light and take action.

When Hiram Randall finds a corpse in his bathtub all he wants is to make it go away, but the cops are determined to pin the murder on him and so is his shrimpy neighbor. Can Hiram con his way out of this sticky situation? Or will his wife’s research pull the plug on his not-so-soggy story?

Life can take some tough turns. Some people are up to the challenges. Some aren't. Michael knows he has one chance to meet this final challenge. Then even that goes horribly wrong.

When you work side by side with the same guy 24/7, you start to think you know each other inside and out. But nobody knows exactly what goes on inside another person’s mind. Or do they?

When his wife gains artistic fame and is accosted by agents and reporters, Richard Stapleton knows he must go to extreme measures to protect his family. There is nothing Richard won’t do to keep their hiding place a secret. Nothing.

When a harpy is assigned to torment a young girl, she finds out that being a nag isn’t as easy as it once was, especially since the innocent girl is in danger. A danger that coalesces when the father’s lust send both harpy and innocent tearing down a path only one of them can escape.

They say love is blind. "They" should know you can’t go through life with blinders on. People can get hurt that way. People can die.

Unexpected visitors, redemption gone wrong, imprudent love, lightless souls, and misguided faith are only some of the problems faced in these ten stories woven from Life'’s darkest threads.

Most of life’s big challenges are behind Kate Ramsdell or so she thinks. Until the day her husband is murdered, thrusting Kate and her stepson Travis into a run for their lives. Bit by bit, secrets from her husband’s dark past come to light as Kate and Travis fight to vanquish the evil that’s threatening their lives and save what’s left of their family.