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This collection of 18 short tales, a novelette, and a short novel takes the listener inside the dark imagination of Elizabeth Engstrom, author of acclaimed horror classics like When Darkness Loves Us. In these stories, you will hear about a woman asked to be complicit in her own mother’s death, a grandmother with a macabre hobby, a bizarre, phallic-shaped flower that portends evil for a married couple, a father whose son is caught up in a sinister government experiment. These are weird and unsettling tales that will linger with the listener.

A hundred years ago, it was the Trial of the Century. A young woman stood accused of brutally murdering her father and stepmother in a crime so heinous that it became a benchmark in human tragedy. A hundred years later, the Lizzie Borden case still resounds in the imagination.

Three college girls go looking for excitement in a cowboy bar east of the mountains. After their car breaks down on the way, they come across a campground closed for the winter where three older guys are hanging out, drinking in their car, having gone "camping" on a whim. The girls pile into the car with them to get warm. The events which then transpire on this endless night of truth and terror leave three people dead and four people with lives that will never be the same.

Sally Ann and Martha. Two women, searching for love. Finding terror. During a terrifying storm, a gentle childhood is destroyed by a twisted man who promises love but delivers nightmare. In the lightless depths of an underground labyrinth, unseen creatures lie in wait for an innocent traveler, cold skeletal hands stretched out in welcome. There is horror in darkness - horror made greater when darkness loves us.

Angelina is a killer. You'd never know it to look at her — until you look into her eyes. Angelina doesn't kill out of hatred or fear — she kills out of love, bringing solace to her victims, guided by the seductive Voice that speaks only to her. Angelina offers you eternal peace — at the cost of your soul!

Handpicked from her archives of dark and haunting short stories, Engstrom has chosen those that will take you on some extraordinary excursions. She’ll welcome you aboard the judgment day train, let you witness the righteous death of a bad, bad man, and take you to a tattoo parlor for a transforming experience. These stories are not for the faint of heart, the squeamish, or the prudish. Engstrom reaches deep, and pulls forth some harsh realities. Sit back, and get ready for a ride that will take you to places within yourself that you never knew existed.

Left without parents in a post-apocalyptic world, 15-year-old Parker tries to provide for himself and his little sister - but he faces obstacles even more challenging than merely finding food. In this lawless new non-society, Parker tries to navigate around criminals, despots, and desperados, while trying to make or find a place suitable enough to call home. When he discovers a gift that he never knew he had, it only complicates their lives, making it both harder and sweeter for the both of them.

Good sex scenes are a must in today's novel, and they don't just happen on their own. There is a structure, a method, and boundaries to be drawn. Whether you want to write for publication or your own enjoyment, whether you want to write sizzling sex scenes for your novel or erotic short stories, you'll find the tools here. This book is about recognizing the sensuality of our bodies, our minds, our lovers, our environment.

This is a dark erotic thriller from veteran author Elizabeth Engstrom. It all starts with two blonde sisters, one black husband, and one murdered Navajo. Reality becomes increasingly uncertain as a husband works to help his accused wife. Evidence isn't what it seems to be, neither woman is who she seems to be, and all three hold close their dark secrets.

When a dead guy falls off the train just yards from Yorktown, a hobo camp near West Wheaton, California, all manner of forces begin to collide. Three men live in Yorktown: York, the old, blind hobo and self-proclaimed mayor of his little enclave; Denny, the young rail rider; and Sly, the damaged Vietnam vet. When they are blamed for the murder, the town fathers are ready to bulldoze the camp that has existed there for 40 years or more.

Peter and Tess, both damaged by their various encounters with family and love, meet in a bar and go back to his place for the night. There, they discover the freedom of unconditional love and acceptance and retreat from the world to search for the meaning of life in each other. Eventually, their experiment takes a dark turn.

Children disappear in Vargas County. There's no soft or kind way to put it. In days long past, I lost a sister and then my Weesie and I lost our son. Some live in peace with the specter, some rise up and make accusations, but all of us breathe a sigh of relief when our young'uns reach puberty and we don't have to worry about them anymore.

In this gritty, hard-hitting story, a young mom gets caught up in a complex web of drug smuggling and money laundering, unwittingly putting her son's life at risk. She bravely and courageously faces down the bad guys and finds love in an unexpected place, with an unlikely partner.