Dark Screams- Volume 4

Clive Barker, Heather Graham, Lisa Morton, Ray Garton, and Ed Gorman
lead readers down a twisted labyrinth of terror, horror, and suspense in
Dark Screams: Volume Four, from Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar of the revered Cemetery Dance Publications.
 
THE DEPARTED by Clive Barker
On All Hallows’ Eve, a dead and disembodied mother yearns to touch her
young son one last time. But will making contact destroy them both?
 
CREATURE FEATURE by Heather Graham
What could be better publicity for a horror convention than an
honest-to-goodness curse? It’s only after lights out that the hype—and
the Jack the Ripper mannequin—starts to feel a little too real.
 
THE NEW WAR by Lisa Morton
Mike Carson is a war hero and a decorated vet. He doesn’t deserve to be trapped in a hospital with some black thing sitting on his chest as patients die all around him. His only hope is to take out the nurse—before it’s his turn.
 
SAMMY COMES HOME by Ray Garton
It’s what every family prays for: a lost pet returning home. But when
Sammy, the Hale family sheepdog, appears on their doorstep, he brings
back something no parent would ever wish upon his or her child.
 
THE BRASHER GIRL by Ed Gorman
Cindy Marie Brasher is the prettiest girl in the Valley, and Spence
just has to have her. Unfortunately, Cindy has a “friend” . . . a friend
who tells her to do things . . . bad things