Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

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In this vast collection of forty-eight stories rooted deep in the ominous and frightening world of contemporary horror, there are things unimagined, almost unspeakable, working and happening in the shadows of everyday life:The lovely prize-winning garden where the flowers bloom too perfectly, and the earth beneath them shifts and whispers at night . . .A Sicilian mob wife must survive being hunted by her own husband and his crew to truly earn her divorce . . .The creature that inhabits a town's drainage system, extending its tentacles through every pipe, its many eyes watching the children . . .Somewhere along the banks of the Willowbrook River, an abused woman will learn to call upon an ancestral spirit to deliver brutal justice to her abusive husband . . .Also within these pages are stories of cosmic bargains, cursed heirlooms, and the quiet desperation that can drive ordinary people to extraordinary ends. Stories that explore the darkness that waits in familiar places, heard in the whispers from the land, and seen in the glitches of our own perceived reality.Of course, you will also be reminded that the most terrifying monsters are often us-like the trusted office confidante whose helpful advice is a carefully administered poison.DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP is a relentless journey into the shadows of the human heart and the universe, a book that proves the most frightening stories may be born in the darkness, but they don't always stay there.

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Pages: 630, Paperback, Nonge Publishing