In this macabre collection of short fiction, E. Reyes tells stories about the unknown, about demise, and about the human psyche. A creature from the woods lurks at a young boy’s window in “The Smile.” A clown with a struggling roller coaster ride makes the ultimate sacrifice in “The Haunted Circus Ride.” A group of friends break into a home and are in for a night of unsuspected terror in “Home Invasion.” Thanksgiving day has turned into something sinister when a man goes to his parents’ house in “My Brother Daniel.” Something is off about a curtain visit in “Mommy Dearest.” A girl is on the brink of losing her mind in “Paranoid.” A teen discovers a true crime book with a first-person point of view that haunts his memories in “The Crime Book.” A peculiar bat becomes a pest in “Bela Lugosi at My Window.” A man is on a drunken and drugged-up path of self-destruction in “This Kind of Hell.” A turn of events at a funeral cause the unthinkable to happen in “Resurrection (A Love Song to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary).” A young girl’s doll becomes a conduit for ancient evil in “Isabella’s Doll.” A creepy kid is alone at night, swinging on a swing set in the middle of October in “The Little Boy.” A dark comedy ensues with gore and the undead in "Zombies at the Dollar Palace." Featuring 10 short stories and 2 pieces of flash fiction, Strange Tales of the Macabre is a strange and bizarre read that centers around death and the unexplainable.