Bianca Flynn thought she was a regular girl living a normal life. Instead upon her sixteenth birthday her world was flipped upside down. Thrown into a world that she believed was merely a dream she is sent on a quest to break a curse that had befallen the lands. As she battles to determine dream from reality she finds herself questioning her own identity.

Cybele Lockley, a girl who has spent most of her life in isolation, thought the only way she would experience adventure was through her story. One day she makes a choice that sends her into a world where she must face her greatest fears in order to put an end to an evil that threatens her new found freedom.

All she desired was to not be seen as a commodity. For as long as Violet Piccolo could remember her decisions had always been made for her. From the type of clothes she wore to the friends she kept, she obeyed her parents' wishes without protest, though it chaffed as she grew older. Then, on her birthday, comes the final straw: her father forces her into a relationship with his boss's son in an attempt to advance his own career. Sick of the manipulation, Violet makes a stand for the first time in her life - with unexpected results. To her horror, she isn't just punished by her parents; she...

Things that disturb... They haunt the mind, forming shadows filled with fear, terror, and sickening horror. Collected here are tales that will spawn those shadows: a pill that makes gods of men with heavy consequences; an outbreak of the undead in an already war-torn city; mountains that seduce and kill; a justice minister who must face the consequences of his rulings; a ghost that likes to play with dolls; a science experiment gone wrong; a gym membership that will really change your life; memories that torture; accidental deaths that are anything but - these are just a few of the offerings...