A brilliant scientist's discovery becomes a sadistic tool in a very bizarre love triangle... An assassin brings his very unique skill set to the front lines of the zombie apocalypse... A little girl held captive by a demented killer finds an unexpected, inanimate, guardian... A father makes a deal with a band of unholy creatures to protect his daughter... Hordes of the unquiet dead find an earthly champion in a troubled young man... Sentient power tools, snuff film ghosts, conjoined twins, and a very, very inconvenient demonic possession... A collection of dark fiction, including the Dark Recesses Press Deja Vu Horror contest-winning story "Severance," and fan favorite "TEETHgrinder." Table of Contents Severance Commitments Dust The Proposal TEETHgrinder Carrion Moon Still Life, with Tools Dead Things Soft, like Her Mute Prayers of a Deaf Heart Seed Mexicali Blues The Catastrophic Loves of Edgar J Spurlock Sample of Changes - A Randall Lee Mystery Sample of Black