Publisher's Synopsis
n this collection of 14 speculative short stories, author A.A. Garrison takes us to Ford, North Carolina, a sleepy little mountain town named after a Civil War deserter. Though out of the way, the town seems to attract an immoderate share of the fantastic and the macabre. Amongst Ford's citizens are: -Blake ("The Fifty"), who purchases revenge with a fifty-dollar bill -Candy Patrice ("Cloyed"), a young woman who adopts a most unorthodox diet-plan -Mara Dees ("Additive Free"), star in a grisly scheme to appease visitors from outer space -Johannes Bitter ("Half Dead"), an undertaker with an exceptional case of lady trouble -The Doctor ("See Sick"), a roving voyeur who sees more than he bargains for -Frank Belmont ("Dead End"), who goes hunting for nostalgia and finds trouble -Brian ("Brian, Destroyer of Worlds"), who commits murder by coffee -Zedok Crane ("The Package"), amnesic serial killer extraordinaire -The Narrator ("The Center"), a man who saw the face of God And more ...
