In his debut collection, Thomas Smith explores the boundaries between the world we know and the twilight-shrouded borders with the strange, the dangerous, and the mysterious. A professor who gets the offer of a lifetime, but at a hefty price. A mad scientist’s creation that has made an important, dire decision. A dinner party for five that is heavy with blood and consequence. A family outing in a cemetery. In this haunting collection, Thomas Smith blurs the line between reality as we know it and those Other Places… Thomas Smith is an award-winning newspaper reporter, TV news producer, writer, playwright, and essayist. He writes in many genres and may actually be the only writer to ever be involved in projects with Stephen King and The Rev. Rick Warren at the same time. "Thomas is one of those outstanding Southern writers - seemingly soft, languid, maybe even lazy, when actually what he is, is cotton wrapped about a razor. Half the time you don't even know he's gotten you until it's too late." -Charles L. Grant; New York Times and USA Today bestselling author