Phobophobia - Collection Four of Vincent Powley's Phobia short stories.
Bodies are arriving at a record pace, a hidden door leads to a tunnel of darkness and death, and Danny Bosh returns in his investigation of the blue tree.
Full Yard
James Richards and his Plott Hound Ranger have a job to do: their yard is getting too full of bodies! As more keep arriving, James can't seem to move them quick enough, as well as keep it secret from his adoring wife, Laura. When the moon rises and hangs in the sky, a time that James dreads, the cries of terror stream out into the air, followed by the thud, thud, thud of dead things hitting the ground more often of late. Now James and Ranger are running out of time before Laura finds out what they've been doing at night.
Deep Feed
Next in the Danny Bosh saga - Having escaped Fallowhills with barely the skin on his back, Danny Bosh finds himself in a small town of Oakplatt, searching for the scientist that was studying the blue tree on Brent Farm. Everything is going well, he even managed to find an old man to tell him the entire town's history before finishing his coffee. But when he comes across a woman whose daughter is missing, he stumbles upon more than he bargained for when he finds a strange hidden set of steps in the middle of the forest. The stairs are dark, deep and underground, but will it hold the secret to the blue tree that Danny is eager to learn?
Books' Basement
An ordinary day in a bookshop turns horrifying when a simple trip to get a mop leads to a mysterious, old door. Shrills are coming from deep within, but the door had been secured and covered for a good reason. Behind it is nothing short of a nightmare, where none have emerged alive.
Welcome to Catchoak, an alternate England filled with your darkest fears.
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