They say there’s nothing in the dark that isn’t there in the light… but have they ever been alone in a big house during a thunderstorm when the power goes out? Have they ever tried to figure out what that strange noise was just then?

Author Scott W. Cook has compiled for you a collection of short stories lovingly crafted to help you while away the evening hours… and put a few goose pimples on your skin, too. Here are six tales of suspense and horror designed to make you smile as well as cringe:

When the Devil Comes – Widower Paul Scott struggles with the recent loss of his wife. When into his darkness comes a ray of light… but lurking behind that light is a horrifying secret.
The Day I Found Love – Small town P.I. Roger Kerwin awakes with a growing mystery and the closer he gets to solving it… the more terrible the answer becomes.
Epitaph – A brief glimpse into a bright and far distant future where terrible consequences still await.
Going My Way? – One man’s epiphany of personal freedom leads him on a journey of bloody and remorseless discovery… but all bills come due eventually.
Gentleman Caller – Have you checked on the kids? A new twist on a classic horror thriller from the killer’s point of view.
Dark World – it’s 2069 and the first manned mission to Uranus makes an astonishing discovery. What appears to be an artificial extra-terrestrial object in orbit. The ship is jet black and the size of a moon and promises to change Humanity’s history forever… yet as the explorer’s step aboard, they begin to notice strange things and slowly uncover the horrible truth that darkness runs far deeper than just the surface.

Prepare to explore those corners of reality where the impossible becomes the plausible… where those soft voices out of the blackness are not just in your head!