When the thing that scares you most is no longer safely in your own head.
Three chilling short stories about phobias set in an alternate England. From alive body parts turning up at a lake to a family being stalked by dreams, Vincent Powley's debut will make you think again about what you are truly afraid of.
The Remains at Hilmere Lake
When a single dead arm attached to the upper part of a torso clawed its way to the shore of Hilmere Lake, Detective Kilburn soon realises that this isn't the only body part turning up on the stones. Several more arrive, each in differing states of decomposition and from different victims. The case leads him to believe that not only were these people killed by something without teeth, but may have been decomposing longer than they've been dead.
Terry Buttons
Nathaniel Heath's life isn't going as planned. Divorced and in a low-paid job, he longs for the time spent with his six year old daughter, Lily. But things go from bad to worse, when Lily chooses to bring home a toy made entirely from buttons. Soon, buttons start appearing everywhere: the floor, the bathroom soap, sticking out of a woman's neck... Nathaniel believes Terry Buttons is to blame, but will that stop the buttons before everyone is dead?
Made of Clay
Tamara Clay has spent three years in Karfell Mental Institution after a breakdown. She is due to come home to her husband, and her son who she hasn't seen since giving birth to him. Getting home is what she desperately wanted, but the woman who stalks her dreams has other ideas, and trying to figure out what is real and what is just a dream becomes a matter of life or death.
Welcome to Catchoak, an alternate England filled with your darkest fears.
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