Michael Marshall Smith's surreal, groundbreaking, and award-winning debut which resonates with wild humour interlaced with dark recollections of an emotional minefield.

May we introduce you to Stark.

Oh, and by the way -- good luck.

Stark is the private investigator who goes to work when Something Happens to you. And when a Something happens it's no good chanting 'go away go away go away' and cowering in a corner, because a Something always comes from your darkest past and won't be beaten until you face it. And that's not easy in a city where reality is twisting and...

Ten tall tales of horror, dark fantasy and dark science fiction, commissioned from some of the most twisted imaginations writing today, as part of NewCon Press' 10th anniversary celebrations. Each story is inter-leafed with a wicked limerick from that master of terror, Ramsey Campbell.

Contents:
1. Introduction - Ian Whates
2. Ten Twisted Limericks - Ramsey Campbell
3. The Power Of... - Paul Kane
4. We Know By the Tenth Day Whether They Live or Die - Simon Clark
5. One Little Mouth to Kiss You Goodnight - Lynda E. Rucker
6. The Fruit of the Tree...