Strange Birds

Here are ten creepy and bewitching tales that will assault sleep and invade waking moments.  Strange black birds descend upon a village and bring with them a plague that kills only young marriageable girls.  A 19th century city in which bloody and public displays of revenge are sanctioned.  In this city, a grieving mother stages a pitiless act of revenge for the boy who corrupted her daughter.     A strange nameless man in a gypsy wagon serves up illusions for those who require them.  A successful writer of horror novels is haunted by the death of an imaginary friend from childhood.And more . . .