THE BRUTAL REVENGE OF A MAN DAMNED actual 99th page: Your hand was steady even as you drew that razor blade across your chest." I swallowed. "I am the Master of Scarlet. I always was. I always will be." "Yes," he said. "I know that, Rut. And I know that you believe that, Rut. But I've been watching you more often of late." "You have?" "From behind my piano I can see you. I had a mirror installed across the tent so I can see your face." "And ..." "I see you in pain, Rut." There it was. The words were between us. That was why I had the nice sheets lately. That was the reason I had a good...

The people have become vermin like hungry termites hiding and infesting old rotten knotholes in the cracked foundations of the apartment building They are like the cockroaches who disappear suddenly when the kitchen lights come on gone To live in the vacancies left behind by rats why did the rodents flee? the place was too run down the ship sinking too slowly why should they stay? An entire planet of scum and decay a planet of hopes and dreams long since faded away into the void of obscurity The lease is up and the angry landlord is waiting the moment you leave the locks will change and you...

AND SLOWLY HE BECAME A FLESH EATING ZOMBIE actual 99th page: "I ..." But before he had a chance to complain anymore she was shoving him out the door, rumpled suit, body odor and all. He knew why. It was because he was standing in the hallway. At the bottom of the stairs the Faceless Stranger was waiting. Kevin could see him. He was in the foyer that lead into the apartment complex, loitering and trying to be cool. And he was cool. He smoked a long cigarette and wore a black leather jacket. The dark stained jeans and white striped T-shirt made him look like the hoodlum from an old biker...

9 short stories including: BURLAP KISS, TURPENTINE WINE, THE HATING, VIOLENT, BASTARD SON OF A DARK STAR, THE MOON IS BLOODY TONIGHT, HAREM OF THE DEAD, MAJESTY and THE BROKEN.

MEET SODOMITE, THE MOST DANGEROUS BLACK METAL BAND OF ALL actual 99th page: another place entirely. A place meant for the two of us." "Were the dreams ... erotic?" "Not at first. They were very innocent. See, we were together. But we weren't together in my house or at school. We were somewhere else. And there were other children, too. Lots of other children. When I got too scared, Alice held my hand. She told me to be brave. She told me that it would be over soon." "That's sweet." "But, like I said, I never talked to her in class. Not once. And I know she didn't particularly care for me....

A WHITE TRASH FANTASY FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS actual 99th page: A neigh cut the silence in half, like a silver dart thrown into a cork board. I looked up, wondering what could make a sound like that. It was metallic, like the mating call of honed razor blades. The horse was standing on the hill where the old me had been. What the symbolism is, I have no idea. I don't think there is any. It was the Quicksilver Stallion. The sun glinted and winked off its glistening silver skin. It was so bright it hurt my eyes, all shined and polished to perfection. I looked at the beast. The...

IN 2114 ROCK 'N ROLL IS STILL DANGEROUS actual 99th page: Aci shrugs as her mother takes her hand back. "You feel hot." "My room is stuffy," she whispers softly. "You don't look like you got much sleep," Milo says from over the edge of his paper. Their eyes meet and Aci averts her gaze, staring at the cold uneaten food on her plate. "Aci ..." "Shit," Milo explodes suddenly. "Tell me you didn't do what I think you did Did you? That boy? The one who called this morning? Did he ..." Their daughter gives away no information. She is frozen under glass. Immoveable. Unknowable. Unreachable. Milo...

A PSYCHEDELIC SCI-FI WESTERN actual 99th page: That said it all. He would get his cut, or she would be cut by the fancy knife he kept in a leather sheath at his side like a sword. In the distance they were howling at a midget show, watching the little guys dance as a jug band played all the popular hits of the day. In front of her men were lining up to get into the little cantina where a burlesque show was about to begin. Somewhere someone hit it big at the cock fight. Money exchanged hands, she could hear it, and they celebrated by firing small arms into the air. And on high heels she found...

19 short stories including peter mangalore, AT WAR WITH DIONYSUS, disqualified as a human being, SOULLESS MOCKERY OF HUMAN EXISTENCE, gerwalk, I AM THE RAZOR, eternal life in return for obedience, THE SUGAR LIFE, supplicant, I HAVE NO DICK AND I MUST FUCK, moonlight over ghetto prague, SCENTS AND SENTENCES, isolation tank daydreams, TONIGHT THE FIRE, TOMORROW THE ASH, no one is to blame for my death, END OF ALL, tetralogy, TWENTY-SEVEN, and decay of the iron man.