Dormanna
A small voice wakes Ellie with a series of warm greetings and
Short Story
The Old Woman in the Young Woman
Long Tom trudges across a ruined landscape, scavenging the refuse of abandoned
The Grave Secret
A necromancer, James Gordon Atwood III, searches Greenwood Memorial Cemetery for a
The Gunner’s Mate
A man on a remote island senses Muriel’s arrival and longs
The Little Stranger
Ivy writes a letter to her dead cousin Danny, expressing her loneliness.
Tarzan of the Grapes
Sheriff’s Deputy Prescott surveys a sprawling vineyard and vows to flush
A Method Bit in “B”
A small-town constable takes in a late-night movie and walks through a
Bea and Her Bird Brother
Bea arrives at the hospital only to learn that her brother has
On a Vacant Face a Bruise
By the light of two moons, young Tom tramps down a deserted
The Lost Pilgrim
Departing his own time, the Pilgrim begins a diary of his travels.
Copperhead
The President of the United States receives a call on a private
Pocketsful of Diamonds
Seated with her five wards around a dining table, Aunt Mildred announces