What makes Horror literature horrifying? What primordial fears resonate within (and attract us to) stories of the macabre? In this insightful volume, W.J. Renehan explores the complex interrelated traditions of Horror fiction, and the human psychology that fuels it.

"Pink Elephants is like a political American Psycho, a ghastly phantasmagoria of hate, hypocrisy, and decadence in the twilight days of the Republican Party. Not for the faint-hearted."
- Arthur Goldwag, author of The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right and other books
"Terrifyingly funny, Pink Elephants is a rollicking fever dream of debauchery, self-loathing, and all manner of rats." - Deb Hiett, screenwriter and actress
"Scathingly irreverent, hilariously funny, Pink Elephants compellingly satirizes...

Reviews:
"Night's Harbor is a meticulously crafted novella of suspense filled terror. Beautifully paced and wonderfully vivid, the story is as chilling as it is brutal." - Michael Bray, author of the Whisper Trilogy
"This captivating vampire novella is not for the squeamish and will have you thinking twice about inviting anyone into your home." - Shane Stadler, author of Exoskeleton
"Intelligent, erudite and well-written, Night's Harbor is an exciting and down-right scary new work of Vampire fiction that will not be ignored."...

In these seven vivid tales of the macabre, W.J. Renehan artfully depicts roads less traveled - vacant spaces in both terrain and time where light yields to darkness, order to chaos, and reason to its reverse image. Renehan's artfully-rendered stories steer us down infernal off-ramps to unhallowed places where tortured souls dwell forever, and malevolent corruption thrives in abundance: dark blossoms on a withered bough.