It's been ten years since Roger Huntington suffered through the bloody events in Skinny Man's basement. Ten years since the game of chance, the dismemberment, the torture, and the grisly deaths. Roger has moved to California where he now works as a painter and pines after his co-worker, Victoria. It's a seemingly bland life, which is how he likes it. But just as he can't forget his past, he is about to discover that his future may hold far more terrifying events than anything he could possibly imagine. About the Ryan C. Thomas is an award-winning journalist and editor living in San Diego, California. You can usually find him in the bars on the weekends playing with his band, The Buzzbombs. He is the author of many novels, some of which are The Summer I Died, The Undead World of Oz, and Ratings Game. When he is not writing or rocking out, he is at home with his cat, Elvis, watching really bad B-movies. Visit him online at