Dark & Stormy

Take Cover, a Storm is Coming!

In the shape of thirteen stories, dark and menacing, lightning strikes many times. A genie visits a junkie to grant him his every wish. A young boy hears voices in his family's new home. A man wakes to a kindly old woman, or is she? A woman and her grandmother are on edge after a series of grisly murders. Contestants on a game show vie for the ultimate prize, freedom. A trip home to visit his parents puts a son face to face with paralyzing horror. And a young man is warned to stay away from an old spooky neighbor.

The scars on a woman's body tell a grim tale about her past and future. A husband presses his wife on the truth about their daughter. A woman picked up at an airport has a few surprises for her driver. A man looking for a respite in nature finds nature turning against him. In a dystopian environment, a woman has some words of advice for her daughter to heed. And a boy hiding from his abusive father, gets the ultimate revenge.

Stories by Mack Stevens, Laura Stewart Schmidt, Weldon Burge, Cordelia Kelly, W.C. Wolfe, Phil Ford, Moira Richardson, Elsa Pair, Cyndi Gradel, Mary Kuykendall, Janet Garber, Lurence T. Mullinax, and Julianna Waters