When John Hardin's brother, a priest, apparently commits suicide, he goes to his brother's parish in Philadelphia to find out the truth of what happened. The events of the suicide are revealed to him by the pastor and by a possessed man through a series of short stories. Painted Demons presents a series of violent confrontations between people and elements they see as evil. The reader may not always agree with those judgments; where a character sees evil, the reader may see justice, sickness or blind authority. Before that realization, however, the reader must often wait to see from which...

Paul Greer did not want to kill again. His daughter Brenda's boyfriend, murdered secretly by Greer because he was African American, seems to be a successfully hidden part of the past. When the new white boy Brenda brings home proves satisfactory to Greer, he thinks the family's problems are behind them. Soon, images, brought on by guilt, he thinks, change everything. The dead youth's likeness appears to Greer and his wife in the form of people they know. The spirit of the dead, seeking vengeance, threatens to destroy everything that Greer holds dear.

Cuando Doug Crowley, retrasado en su camino al trabajo, aborda un autobus de la ciudad de Denver, piensa que su unico problema es el tiempo. Crimenes cometidos anos atras han desaparecido de su memoria, la culpa olvidada. Solo cuando se cierran las puertas del autobus y una mujer aterrorizada cuenta sus propios pecados, es que Crowley recuerda las atrocidades sangrientas que el infligio a inocentes hace mucho tiempo en la guerra. Para ese momento es demasiado tarde tanto para Crowley como para todos los demas abordo del autobus en movimiento. Es hora de pagar. El conductor anuncia la...

"Saving a White Knight" is an erotic story dealing with the effects of university social politics on men in the United States. University Professor Russell Patton hates himself, and he does not even know it. Known to others as a white knight, Russell, suffering from stress and frequent headaches, lives his life in a shroud of political correctness, unable to see beyond the boundaries. Sometimes, the headaches become too painful and the stress too intense, and Russell sneaks away guiltily for a 'happy ending' massage on the other side of town. A series of events, beginning with a false...