Madame Cruller's Couch and Other Dark and Bizarre Tales

A small-town psychic's trailer burns, leaving little in the wreckage but her lovely green couch. A great find for a couple who make their living scavenging and selling secondhand items. Yet Madame Cruller's couch is imbedded with something unpleasant, and we're not talking fleas.A young man, accompanied by a shadowy specter since birth, unwittingly exacts revenge against those who threaten him.A hoarder learns that dogs can sometimes be loyal to a fault.A dark and terrible secret threatens the plans two brothers have of racing their car in a television-themed challenge.A pony and a steer have had enough of their arrogant owners and decide to take the "e;bull by the horns,"e; so to speak.Thanks to the couple who own her town, Christmastime has become an annoyance for Donna Wilson. But during this year's command-performance Yuletide party, Donna discovers a nightmare that rivals any holiday horror story she's ever read.Surviving the brutal 1968 Vietnam War riots in Chicago, a desperately optimistic man travels cross-country to join a commune…only to realize that "e;peace"e; can be as dangerous as violence.A peculiar and devastating plague rapidly spreads across the globe, throwing the survivors into a battle for their sanity and their lives.These are some of the stories in this chilling new collection by two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Elizabeth Massie.******"e;Elizabeth Massie is personally one of my favorite authors."e; - Bentley Little, author of The Town, The Bank"e;Elizabeth Massie never fails to engage the heart and mind."e; – Jack Ketchum, author of The Girl Next Door, The Lost