Shadowed Things: Stories of Murder, Mayhem, and Monsters — Billie Sue Mosiman

A collection of stories involving murder and monsters, from the real world and the unreal, the mayhem that waits in the shadows. 25,000 words of dark fiction by Edgar and Stoker Nominated Billie Sue Mosiman, author of more than 50 books. From a story about a man who has lost his memory and when he finds it, discovers just how bad he really is--to a boy who sees a shadow man, there's five different dark fiction stories here for every taste. BASTARD They called him a bastard but why, and what did that mean? Just how bad was he? OUT OF THE SKY From the sky came what people first thought were meteorites. It turned out there was more in the fireballs than just hot iron ore. HELL & BRIMSTONE She had the power of fire and if she could ever control it she might have a new life. RABBIT HUNTER He lived with his mother and brother in Arizona and all he was good at was hunting rabbits. Would they just leave him alone? SHADOWED THINGS The boy believed there was a shadow man menacing his nights. On his tenth birthday he found out just how real it was. BONUS: An excerpt from the novel, MOON LAKE.