In this collection of 21 short stories, J.W. Schnarr writes very much in the tradition of classic greats such as Edgar Allan Poe and Guy de Maupassant, but with a completely modern, fresh voice. With Schnarr it"s not so much about gore and splatter, as it is about sliding like a scalpel inside your head and lodging there. His characters are believable, ordinary people who are hurtled into horrific situations, sometimes of their own making whether through love or stupidity, sometimes not. J.W. Schnarr"s work has appeared alongside such greats as Clive Barker in Torn Realities, and his work was dubbed "Freshest Tale" by Rue Morgue magazine.