64 Deaths: An Anthology

A Collection of Dark Tales...

A cyborg on the edge of eternity, a lonely 10-year old girl, a curmudgeon seeking his one great novel; there are many lost souls desperate for a way out. These twenty tales, along with sometimes macabre illustrations, shows us the side of humanity we’d often like to ignore.

Each story features its own illustration, also done by Escamilla. Stories include:

• Bombs over Manhattan - A young doctor must deal with losses when he awakens to find himself in the middle of a war zone in his own backyard.


• Quiet Demons - A woman is plagued by visions of unnatural creatures. The question is - is it some mental defect or literal demons that torment her?


• Color and Majesty - Two individuals share the most unusual bond, but their love is ravaged by a hidden ailment.


• 12 Foot Deep - A little girl that loves playing pretend finds her fantasies are a little too real.


• Physici Epidemeie - A plague doctor stumbles across a victim that isn't quite like the others.


• Black Mamba - A man in search of his great novel finds himself inside an adventure that's more than he bargained for.


• The Clearest Day - A woman must come to terms with her new, brutal reality.


• Ashes and Lace - When a disenfranchised madam gets a new recruit her luck begins to run out.


• A Question of Survival - A hunter looking for food in the dead of winter finds an animal that puts a legend in play.


• 64 Deaths - A cyborg contemplates her many lives and questions its meaning.


• The Safe House - A little girl walking home from school is tormented by a car following her.


• Lady Loves Me - The quintessential playboy questions his inability to love his conquests.


• The Breaching - During a scam, a ghosthunter stumbles upon an actual ghost.


• Summer Circles - After finding a crop circle in his yard, an elderly farmer is determined to find out the cause.


• Anonymous - A teen prankster trolls a wrong texter, only to find himself victim to the anon on the other end.


• Haven of Hope - After witnessing too many discrepancies within the church, a woman questions her faith.


• Night Fancy - When a masked vigilante rescues an innocent victim, she soon realizes maybe they weren't so innocent after all.


• P.E.R.S.I.A. - A robot begins to develop A.I. for the very first time.


• Samsara - A she-wolf receives fragments of her past life.


• The Things We Never Share - Musings on the idea of failure and self-hatred.




Warning:



This book contains themes that may be triggering to some individuals.