Bentley Little

When the Perry family moves to a bigger, nicer home in their city's historic district, they soon discover that something isn't right, and that "something" is ready to come out of the shadows of their basement and into their lives.

When Gary's girlfriend Joan vanishes, calls to her parents' home yield only dead air. Her school records are gone. There is no longer any evidence that she even existed. Most disturbing of all is what Gary does find: a warning and a tantalizing clue, leading to a mysterious backward cult known as the Homesteaders. Now Gary may be the next to disappear.

"From the mind of the man Stephen King calls 'a master of the macabre' comes a brilliant new collection of no-punches-pulled horror stories, some never-before-collected and many originals that have never been published anywhere before. Bentley Little can take the innocuous, twist it around, and write a story that will change your way of thinking. Walking alone: short stories is a shining example of his talent to scare you, creep you out, and make...

For Helen, a knock on the door brings an unexpected visitor along with lavish gifts, and it seems all her wishes have been granted-- but at what cost? For young Frank and his friends, a fabled neighborhood shrine may answer their prayers for a girlfriend, just as their older brothers hope the same source will grant them money. But the older boys; improvised ritual turns into something horrible... For Gil Marotta, a rescue mission to the shrine leads...