Shedding Skin: Two Tales of Horror and Identity

In the title story, a man’s girlfriend gives birth while visiting her sick aunt in New Mexico. When he goes to visit them and his newborn child, he discovers his girlfriend’s Native American heritage… and has a hallucinatory experience that will haunt their relationship for years to come.

Also included is “Inherited Things,” a short and disturbing vampire story starring two generations of the wealthy Sedgwick family.

By Julian Darius. From Martian Lit.