Mike and Janet Wilson have lived together happily for twenty-five years. A successful marriage, lovely home, lucrative careers and an ambitious son is what they have to show for years of hard work, until their lives shatter at the hands of Janet's recurring nightmare of The Man in Black. Her dreams always begin the same way - she surprises him as he burglarizes their home and shoots him as he attacks. But with each successive dream, The Man in Black crawls after her and comes closer and closer until he finally touches her just before she wakes up. Mike convinces her it was all just a dream,...

David T. Boyd (Falling Down) returns with his latest work: Mystery, Malevolence & Murder, Volume One, a collection of thirteen unforgettable tales of suspense. Mr. Boyd introduces Seth Aloysius Green, Jr., a former homicide detective for the Chicago Police Department. Detective Al, as he likes to be called, has become a successful author during his retirement and decides to showcase new writers in his first annual contest called Mystery, Malevolence & Murder. Winning submissions like The Voice Within, Three on a Match and A Fan of Ms. 45 have been included in his quarterly magazine, The Urban...