Diverse Tales

A young boy on a grocery errand returns with a bag of soil from the Garden of Eden. A Wanting Seed determines to crawl back into its mother's womb. A bloodletting grandmother. An enchanted rose hole. Demons protecting a church from pranksters. This is Nicholas Grabowsky's (Halloween IV, The Everborn, Red Wet Dirt) first published collection from 2004, comprised of mostly earlier works from as far back as high school and highlights short stories either previously published in genre magazines or pulled from his filing cabinets circa the late 1980s through the early-to-mid 1990s. It also includes the story "The Falling," a frightening tale inspired by the 75 Years of Terror Halloween convention in Pasadena California, as well as a dozen or so twisted poems and odds and ends that are sure to thoroughly amuse. From the chilling Granny Geraldine, which is based on actual events, to the last bit of twisted poetry, Thoughts & Tots, Nicholas Grabowsky's Diverse Tales is sure to thrill fans of horror and strange tales as well as any soul who dares to read...