"a collection of stories to make you Shiver"
The Ride
Annabelle wants out of her small town. While hitchhiking
she meets Lee, a man of few words and her ride out of
Smalltown, USA. But Annabelle has a secret and Lee, having
a few secrets of his own picks up Annabelle. During the
ride she does her best to get Lee to open up to her. Will they figure out each other's secret or will the ride
be the last for one of them? The Laundry Chute
This story takes place in 2003 and 2006 and tells of an
accident that happens in both years. In the summer of 2003, Jeremy, his older brother Nicky and
his friends are playing while their parents are gone for
the day. Nicky tells his friends about the laundry chute
and a game they could play. Only Jeremy is too young to
play. Until the night his family goes to a wedding and he
is left with the babysitter. Then in 2006 a new family moves into the house, now while
the laundry chute was supposed to be nailed shut. Chad gets
told about a game he can play while his parents are out and
he is being watched by the babysitter. Who tells Chad, none
other than is imaginary friend, Jeremy. Silent Night
This is a story about one man and his desire for silence.
One night, after sending his daughter to bed, he sits and
thinks about his wife that left him and hears the noises
all around his apartment, and how he decides to take care
of it in the end. Mercy
Mercy is a vampire now and to some an Angel of Mercy. She
helps people about to die and gives them a new life. Angie
is her human roommate and the woman Mercy loves and would
do just about anything for. So when Angie asks for a night
with her boyfriend, Mercy gives it to her. Besides Mercy
has a job to do.
Then she gets home and finds out she has another Job to do.
One requiring her to hunt those that hurt others. The Gingerbread Man
The Gingerbread Man begins with Lindy driving to
meet up with her boyfriend,Robert during a snow storm
around Christmas time. Val Copeland is a baker and otherwise known around his town
as the Gingerbread Man. Val meets Lindy when her car spins
out in the snow across from his home. But is Val as harmless as he seems or is there a secret no
one knows about the Gingerbread Man. Advent Calendar
Advent Calendar tells the story of Jay and his on
again, off again girlfriend Betsy. Betsy leaves something
for Jay on his kitchen table. What is it?...It's an Advent
Calendar complete with little doors that open. Even though
Jay doesn't want it and does his best to ignore it, and
Betsy after a while, something just won't allow it. Is
Betsy the witch Jay calls her or is she something else?
Whatever it is, will Jay ever get enough of her? Pumpkin Eater
Pumpkin Eater is about a man that wishes to grow the
world's largest pumpkins. But he's also got another secret.
So when Sheriff Will shows up to get a pumpkin for his son
and he sees a girl, he asks Belcher about the girl he sees
under the wagon near the pumpkins. Is Belcher hiding
something? The girl, Elizabeth Foster, leaves Will a note.
But will he get it in time or is there more to the Pumpkin
Eater? The Velvet Choker
Lydia is working as a maid and assigned to clean one room
in the house she is working in. Until she notices that the
more time she spends in the room the more she seems to be
losing time. Then one day while polishing a wooden box she
hears something. What could it be? Kauffman is the owner of the house Lydia is working in. A
jeweler by trade, he takes a shine to Lydia. But is there
more to him than anyone knows? What secrets does the boudoir room hold? What is going on
with Kauffman and the house? Will Lydia fall under the
spell of the room and the velvet choker she found in the
wooden box or is there more to it than that? Selena Kitt does a great job bringing these
eight stories
together into one book. Each story will have you reading
furiously to find out what is about to happen and just what
it will hold for the characters. Each story has its own
form of erotica or horror and some have a bit of both.
Anyone that enjoys erotic horror will enjoy this collection
of intense stories.
Reviewed by Stacy Link
Posted January 3, 2009
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