From the writer of 'Bedtime', 'The Melancholy of Herbert Solomon', 'Tunnels', and 'On a Hill' comes a collection of terrifying tales to chill your bones. Relax by the fire, curl up on a couch, and pull the bed covers tight, for the world is a frightening place, and within these pages something lurks in the darkness..
An archaeologist discovers an ancient evil under the sands of the Sahara Desert. Ten years later he tells a terrifying tale of what has befallen him, and of the unspeakable horrors yet to come.
Two hitmen go to a drop off point to dispose of a body, yet all does not go according to plan.
In the throes of a heart attack, a man is trapped inside a log cabin, hounded by something hideous which lurks in the surrounding forest. With life fading fast, he must escape the horror which preys on him and get to a hospital if he is to survive the night.