Dark Companions — Ramsey Campbell

COME CLOSE, MEET YOUR DARK COMPANIONS…

Poor Elaine is working late at the office again, with no company but the smell of dust and old paper. But something sinister moves in the elevator shaft…something ghastly, down there. In a way, the worst thing is the absence of a cry.

Miles is alone in his new house…the murderer's house. His sleep is free of nightmares. They only come when he jerks suddenly awake.

DRAW IN CLOSER

Thorpe is investigating some file cabinets. What is that unnatural sound her hears? A trapped bird scrabbing in the chimney?