Synopsis: Twenty tales of darkness and transgression from Matthew V. Brockmeyer, award-winning author of Kind Nepenthe. Enter a disturbing dreamscape where your worst fears are illuminated and taboos are mockingly shattered.

• In Mine a child hangs precariously between the isthmus of innocence and evil, shedding his humanity for the altar of a wolf pup.
• In Rumpelstiltskin the troll under the bridge is very real, and wants your children for unspeakable deeds.
• In The Gym Teacher a boy's obsession with serial killers leads him to discover the true nature of a monster.

These twenty stories traverse the outskirts of society to reveal the brutality of humanity in all its gory glory.