A bankrupt husband and father flees the WTC on 9/11 and disappears, to enable his wife and daughter to collect a two million dollar life insurance policy; a couple falling in love debates whether to abandon the memories of their childhood while a catastrohic tsunami bears down on them; a heartbreaking, unrequited interracial romance during the turbulent 1960s is held together by a mutual love for rock and pop music in this novella. These and eight more stories make for a perfect read before bed, at the beach, anyplace that's cozy.

An ecological horror of unknown composition is eating through a rail tank car in the heart of New Jersey, preparing to vomit a cloud of gas so lethal it could destroy all life within fifty miles. Officials, each with their own story to tell, must transport and dispose of this monster in the face of a Category 4 hurricane and a small band of religious terrorists who have set out to destroy the train.

Two FBI agents suspect, but cannot yet prove the existence of a neo-Nazi killer cult at work somewhere in the middle of our country. They are William Henry, senior member of the Behavioral Sciences Divsion (what Behavioral Analysis was called in 1991 when this story takes place), and his protege Amy Gold, the granddaughter of Holocause survivors. Ultimately their investigation leads to armed battle in American's heartland.

An arch demon is terrorizing the countryside and only a small band of pursuers is aware of its evil. While their goal may be somber, they and their stories are not. They hope to find their quarry before it possesses another human soul to carry out its horrid mission.

From outer space to the deepest jungles to the heart of New York City, from the distant past to the distant future come sixteen flights of imagination that will thrill, frighten and inspire you.

A beleagured minister and his beautiful wife become targets of an ancient sacrificial cult operating in their community. An unstable parishioner leads them to this horrifying knowledge after he invades an eerie prehistoric structure, standing on the rim of a quarry, and from that moment on is terrorized by eyes in his bedroom doorway.