Naked, on the Edge

Readers are thrust to the edge of darkness in this powerful collection of supernatural and psychological tales by two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning horror author, Elizabeth Massie. Isolation, alienation, desperation, loneliness, greed, rage, regret – human conditions that leave us teetering on the brink, ready to crash forward into the abyss or step backward onto safer, brighter ground. "e;Beneath our clothes, our bodies are naked. Beneath our skulls, our brains are naked. Beneath our hearts, our souls are naked."e;Opening with a poem, "e;Naked, On the Edge,"e; created just for this collection, the stories that follow are a terrifying, meandering journey up to the edge of all there is. A prisoner in solitary dreads his first visitor in years, a grieving parent on a camping trip faces the brutal shadows within himself, a spoiled child is denied nothing, a young home-schooled boy dreams of places beyond his trailer, a vampire follows her love though time to break his dreadful curse, a grandmother takes desperate measures to make ends meet, a girl faces her fear and curiosity about the "e;witch down the street,"e; an animal rights activist unwillingly becomes part of an experiment, a lonely and outcast child must decide whether to accept a strange new friend, a homeless woman on a beach falls in love with a handsome tourist, and a soul-buying demon discovers the truth about hell.Contents include:Naked, on the Edge (Poem)Shadow of the ValleyLearning to GiveFisherman JoeWhat Happened When Mosby Paulson Had Her Painting Reproduced on theCover the Phone BookForever, AmenNo Solicitors, Curious a QuarterMiss DowdyCrow, Cat, Cow, ChildSomeone Came and Took Them AwayI Am Not My SmellAs You Have Made Us"e;Elizabeth Massie is personally one of my favorite authors. Her writing is true, heartfelt, and wildly original. She is one of the greats."e; – Bentley Little, author of The Haunted, The Collection, and DispatchElizabeth Massie is a force to be reckoned with. She's an accomplished writer who never fails to engage the heart and mind."e; – Jack Ketchum, author of The Girl Next Door and The Lost