In this expanded edition of Robert McCammon’s classic short story collection, you will encounter horrors and delights in equal measure, including:

A man who awakens one morning to find a skeleton in bed where his wife had been the night before. A small-time thief who steals a makeup case, and learns a dead horror star's secret. A roadside diner, where a Vietnam veteran comes seeking shelter from the storm. A young man in prison, who finds beauty and hope on the wings of a yellow bird. Halloween in a very special residential area, where trick-or-treating is deadly serious. A red house on a street of gray houses, and a breath of sweet fire. The adventures of a has-been serial hero, who dons his old costume and goes in search of a serial killer. A priest obsessed by a porno star, and his realization that both of them are being stalked by a third shadow. An old woman who channels early, simpler times in a melancholy Bradburyesque future. We will see worlds within worlds through the windows of these stories. We might even see the end of the world, and we might sit on a front porch for a while and sip a glass of gasoline on a hot December day.