Five Strokes to Midnight brings five authors of dark fiction together in one book, with each author providing approximately 20,000 words of original fiction in a theme of the authors own choosing. It also includes cover art and five interior illustrations by Hellraiser star Ashley Laurence, and an Introduction by Tim Lebbon. Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION by Tim Lebbon COVER & INTERIOR ART by Ashley Laurence L O S S Stories by Tom Piccirilli * "Loss" * "Bereavement" H A U N T I N G S Stories by Gary A. Braunbeck * "Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway" * "The Queen of Talley’s Corner" * "Listening to Hendrix Sing ‘1983 … (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)’ " C U R S E S Stories by Deborah LeBlanc * "White-Hot" * "Bottom Feeder" D E M O N S Stories by Hank Schwaeble * "Midnight Bogey Blues" * "Bone Daddy" * "Gomorrah" F O L K L O R E Stories by Christopher Golden * "Shaft 39" * "Under Cover of Night" * "All Aboard"