Tales from the Lake: Volume 5 - Tales from the Lake

The Legend Continues.In the spirit of popular Dark Fiction and Horror anthologies such as Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories and Behold: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders, and the best of Stephen King's short fiction, comes the Tales from The Lake anthologies. This 5th and final volume includes: "Always After Three" by Gemma Files - A young couple discovers that in a downtown condo you almost never know who your neighbours are, or what they might be doing.
"In the Family" by Lucy A. Snyder - A former child actress reveals dark family secrets to her long-lost niece. "Voices Like Barbed Wire" by Tim Waggoner - Sometimes forgetting is more painful than remembering. "The Flutter of Silent Wings" by Gene O'Neill - A heartbreaking tribute to a Shirley Jackson classic. "Guardian" by Paul Michael Anderson - Even creatures beyond time and space need friendship.
"Farewell Valencia" by Craig Wallwork - When you've got no reason to live, there's a hotel that can give you every reason to die. So book in, unpack, and prepare to be checked out, forever. "A Dream Most Ancient and Alone" by Allison Pang - A lake mermaid with a penchant for eating children forms a tenuous friendship with an abused girl trying to escape her past. "The Monster Told Me To" by Stephanie M.
Wytovich - In order for Bria to deal with her past, she must confront the ghosts of her present. "Dead Bodies Don't Scream" by Michelle Ann King - If the universe won't give her a miracle, Allie will make one for herself. But dark magic has a price. "The Boy" by Cory Cone - Grief-stricken from the loss of her husband, a young woman fears she may lose her son as well, if she hasn't already. "Starve a Fever" by Jonah Buck - Fleeing down a bayou highway with a sick criminal in the backseat, a getaway driver must sate his passenger's horrifying needs while evading the police.
And much more. Edited by Kenneth W. Cain and represented by Crystal Lake Publishing - Tales from The Darkest Depths.