Time slips. Doomsday scenarios. Killer butterflies.

These eleven twisted tales of the macabre from the bestselling author of The Chalk Man and The Burning Girls are your perfect companions on a dark night…if you’re brave enough.

Join a group of survivors who wash up on a deserted island only to make a horrifying discovery.

Meet a cold-hearted killer who befriends a strange young girl at a motorway service station. But can a leopard ever change her spots?

Enter a block of flats with the most monstrous of occupants and accompany a ruthless estate agent on a house sale that goes apocalyptically wrong.

In “Final Course” the world has descended into darkness, but a group of old friends make time for one last dinner party.

“Runaway Blues” tells a tale of thwarted love, revenge, and something very nasty stowed in a hat box.

And “I’m Not Ted” sees a case of mistaken identity result in hellish consequences.