Invocation of the Incisor and Other Dark Tales — Michael M. Hughes

Six tales of modern horror and the supernatural from a delightfully twisted mind.

Invocation of the Incisor: A couple vacationing with their infant daughter at the Delaware shore awaken an ancient secret.

Occupants: A novice occultist is initiated into the dark truth behind alien abductions.

Lunch Meat: In the dsytopian future, meat is not quite what it seems.

The Milk Man: A kidnapped corporate fixer has his lactose intolerance pushed to horrifying limits. (This one always gets a good audience reaction when read aloud, particularly when I use a glass of milk as a prop.)

The Blackwater Lights: A reporter investigating mysterious aerial lights in a rural West Virginia town comes face-to-face with their mind-melting source. (Originally published in the anthology Legends of the Mountain State: Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia, edited by Michael Knost and published by Woodland Press).

Enochian Call: A call to a phone sex line leads to a hellish encounter with a faceless sexual predator.

These are unconventional and original horror stories -- sorry, no vampires, zombies, or typical genre monsters. But if you like emotionally affecting and psychological horror, you can't go wrong with this stellar collection.