“Wildly imaginative, boundary-obliterating dark fiction” — Shawn Macomber, Decibel Magazine A new homeowner finds a large, inexplicable egg behind a door... A traveler seeks a bizarre creature from folklore... An abused spouse takes matters into their own hands... A stranger tempts passersby with a mystery in the trunk of his car... A man discovers a cemetery walled off from the rest of town... A family finds out what the vacation of a lifetime really entails... And a sleep aid wakes up. These are just some of the strange tales within, as Scott Cole returns with a new collection featuring his unique brand of unusual horror stories. “No other living author writes the uncanny and the weird as compellingly as Scott Cole. His new collection, Departures, is a deftly written tightrope act balancing between moments of quiet gentleness and the chillingly absurd.” — Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes