Tales from the Annexe: Seven Stories from the Herbert West Series and Seven Other Tales

Seven stories from the world of Audrey Driscoll's Herbert West Series, followed by seven other tales of illusions, delusions, and mysteries on the edges of logic.
Discover Herbert West's connections to Egypt, and how a dead man can help solve a mystery. Share Charles Milburn's ruminations as he explores another dimension of his friendship with Herbert. Experience the horror of a long-anticipated revenge.
Sample the treats from an ice cream truck from Hell. Ride along with a dad who abandons his ten-year-old son in the woods where something howls. Find out why a woman paints her bedroom a very special colour. Crash a party with fifteen-year-old Ann as she tries to prove she belongs to the glamorous family on the other side of town.

The Nexus. A 101-year-old professor reminisces about his most memorable—and dangerous—student, Herbert West.

Fox and Glove. To win a bet with his friend Alma, librarian Charles Milburn needs information from a dead man. But first he has to convince Herbert West to help him obtain it.

From the Annexe. As if a relationship with part-time necromancer Herbert West isn't complicated enough, what if it were more than friendship?

A Visit to Luxor. A climb up a hill near Luxor, Egypt, leads Francis Dexter and Andre Boudreau to encounters with bandits and supernatural entities.

One of the Fourteen. A chance meeting in a pub brings Dr. Francis Dexter to a perilous realm between life and death.

The Night Journey of Francis Dexter. Determined to confess one of Herbert West's worst crimes to the victim's son, Francis Dexter is subjected to a terrible revenge.

The Final Deadline of A.G. Halsey. Nearing the end of her life, newspaperwoman Alma Halsey struggles to figure out what happened to her granddaughter in Luxor, Egypt, and to warn her of threats to her heart and soul.

Welcome to the Witch House. As if moving into a dump of a haunted house isn't bad enough, Frank Elwood discovers conceited math student Walter Gilman is already living there, for his own peculiar reasons.

The Deliverer of Delusions. Miranda Castaigne gives up her romantic life with artistic ex-pats in Paris to discover the truth about her eccentric brother's death in a New York City lunatic asylum.

The Ice Cream Truck from Hell. Friends Will and Doof investigate a mysterious ice cream truck that cruises their town at night.

The Colour of Magic. Things get weird when the tenant in Marc's basement suite insists on painting her bedroom with a very special paint.

A Howling in the Woods. When Doug's son Todd keeps playing a recording he'd made in the woods, of a strange howling sound, Doug orders him out of the truck—and into those woods.

The Glamour. Fifteen-year-old Ann, convinced she was switched at birth with the daughter of a wealthy family, sneaks into their home on the evening of a celebration.

The Blue Rose. Deon the Fabricator's obsession with creating a blue rose leads him to make a perilous journey to the Blasted Lands. His childhood friend Luna of the City Guard undertakes a search for him and learns hard truths about love and duty.