It's coming for all of us.

This brilliant collection contains twenty of Brian Evenson's most spectacular short stories, including three brand-new tales. In trademark Evenson fashion, one can feel a palpable connection to the yearnings, fears, and losses that his characters suffer. From the terror of being stalked by a man you thought you’d killed, to the desperate hope for the return of a loved one, each story is woven from deep imagination, sincere emotion, and the unblinking examination of everything dark that surrounds us.

These stories will enthrall you. They will leave a bit of themselves within you, and you will leave a bit of yourself within them. No one is safe from the web Evenson weaves, and none of you shall be spared.

Table of Contents

Knock, Knock
In the Nursery
Gyr
I Cannot Remember
Waiting for Mother
The Train’s Path
Lancaster
Garnier
Stricken
Dominion
Whet
All Those Lost Days
The Teeth
The Wilcox Remainder
And Yet
Lost Dog
A Bloody Hand to Shake
Homecoming
The Fourth Scene
Leaving Leeds