The Preparer of Death

Within these pages, be prepared to discover haunting experiences where:A man recalls a terrifying experience as a boy at the hands of his town's inhuman new residentsA painter adorns the walls of a church with Biblical themes that bring tragedy to the parishA fake schoolteacher confronts the impossible when he learns the students he created have come aliveA woman claims to have lost her husband to fearsome creatures of Scottish legendTwo elderly men seek sexual satisfaction at a Mexican brothel patterned on Kawabata's The House of the Sleeping BeautiesA man pays a fearsome price for taking his close friend's wife on a moonlit cruiseAn artist seeks to create purity to combat the urban horrors he perceives around himAn unusual young woman strengthens her sex drive through reading books but is also strengthening something far more powerfulA dying man enters a strange realm where he is both prepared for death and taught to prepare others for their deathsThese and other stories comprise The Preparer of Death, where the fantastic melds with the everyday, where light and shadow cannot readily be distinguished, and where the incredible becomes commonplace.

Pages: 296, Paperback, Joseph Ezzo