Weird Stories

The devil plays tennis with the last man in Chicago while a brontosaurus looms in the distance.An elderly blind woman thinks she's feeding the birds.A music industry insider falls short of immortality and makes a shocking confession.A girl with sharp teeth and an excellent sense of smell shops at a convenience store, avoiding chocolate.And fourteen more."Detzner's writing asks all the right questions, and answers just enough of them to leave your mind toying with the ideas for days ... If you're looking for cheap scares, look elsewhere. This is a writer that deals in an uneasy fear, in the unknown but somehow personal."Derek Gettys, The Arson Club"....stories of unholy compromise, quiet madness and apocalypses both great and small... If you're not familiar with his work, these eighteen stories are a great overview of what he's been doing in the always flexible horror genre."Michael Penkas, Black Gate

A nurse gives a tow truck driver her number while the spirits watch attentively.Sasquatch and Chupacabra clash across universes.A skeleton billionaire throws his annual halloween party.A woman kisses her husband good night, then locks him in a room in their basement.And thirteen more."Brendan Detzner's vibrant prose is an awakening for readers still looking for the perfect collection of short fiction." -Wayne Allen Sallee"Detzner will creep yer shit out. Have spare drawers when you read him." -Patty Templeton, author of There Is No Lovely End