Growing Concerns is the very rst collection of its kind. In pop-culture, movies like "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" are quite well-known, but few tales in ction have tapped into the latent fear of our botanical neighbors. With less than ten plant-themed stories well-known enough to be found in English (in the history of printing and web-archiving), Growing Concerns breaks new ground in the horror genre by collecting, for the rst time ever, eighteen tales devoted to exploring the subject "

A collection of stories that look at ourselves, our lives, and our relationships through a dark and distorted lens, stories that sometimes lead to victory and sometimes to a well-earned comeuppance. Stories with dark and sometimes funny twists as characters battle challenges from without and within. A world where youth is for sale to the rich, but at what price? A dead husband's last wish is granted. A modern-day Dr. Frankenstein creates his perfect mate. A dark future where there is still hope for change. An aging actor takes a dangerous risk to maintain his career. A child is pulled into a...

Ready to enter hidden realms and explore our inner shadows? Each story in Dark and Dangerous Things III tackles the fascinating, haunting questions that drive people forward in life. The prices we pay to survive, the sacrifices we make to meet expectations, the risks in resisting those expectations, the warring desires for justice and freedom, and more... These stories are crafted to make readers remember the toughest decisions they've ever made and know that they are in good company with those who populate the tales of Dark and Dangerous Things III. Readers of fantasy, science fiction, light...