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Summary:   From the murky depths of a summer lake to the echoing halls of an insane asylum, evil lies in wait for victims. Innocents might escape by a hair’s breath, if they’re lucky. Then again, they might not. The shadows are waiting. Dare you step into the darkness and be judged? Review: **This review contains spoilers** The stories in this collection are short.  Bordering on flash fiction kind of short.  I enjoyed this aspect to the collection because you never forget that you're reading short stories.   "The Hunt" is a suspense horror piece about a frontier woman being chased by a psychopath killer.  Think Scream only gold rush style.  Hall does an excellent job introducing her main character quickly and in a way that makes you instantly sympathetic.  Almost immediately you feel fearful for the woman's life. The tension doesn't really let up as more and more is discovered about the this person stalking the protagon...

Summary: It's true that few of us would choose the life of a zombie, mindlessly consuming every moving thing in sight as we rot and shrivel with decay. It's also true that few of us would choose to become a ghost, dolefully watching the comings and goings of the living, unable to touch, to breathe, to feel them in a physical way. But, if given the chance to become a vampire, I think most of us would bite. Vampires make our pulses quicken: whether they are the velveteen figures of Anne Rice or Bram Stoker, or the violent monsters of Stephen King, we don't care. Not the hunters. Not the hopefuls. The real, blood-drinking, neck-biting fiends. Vampires are timeless because they are immortal. And the vampires in these pages may just come back to bite you in the end. These are stories you can really sink your teeth into. Promise. Review: In “State of Grace,” Tara Fox Hall writes about a rebel vampire and his human compatriot as they rail against the practices of the...