3 on a Match: Three Novellas of Terror

THE CAVE

When is a cave not a cave?

While exploring the woods near their bike trails, four soon-to-be eighth grade boys make an exciting discovery: a real cave Of course they decide to explore it, and they make a pact to keep it as their very own secret.

But Steve breaks the pact in order to win the attention of the neighborhood girl that they all dream about: Gina Lawson. To their surprise, Gina wants in on their adventure. As the five of them explore further and deeper, they begin to realize that their cave is not simply a cave - but does the strange pocket of darkness merely pose serious danger, or does true evil lurk within?

THE NEVER ENDING NIGHT

It's an ordinary summer, much like any other -- until the day the sun stopped rising.

First, cell phone service fails. Then the electricity goes out. Those who leave aren't returning. Those who stay home are disappearing.

Or dying.

Beth Evans doesn't trust the neighbor who appoints himself block leader. She doesn't believe him when he proclaims that the danger comes from beyond the ends of their street. All she wants is to keep her family safe, and to do so, she must find the truth on her own.

But the most terrifying danger may be closer than Beth dreams...

THE GHOST TRAIN

Football season is in full swing at Addison Falls High School, but three of the most popular students are distracted. They are all sharing dreams, strange visions where a train is hurtling toward a carriage full of people on the trestle. Visions of things they've never experienced. Visions of death and guilt.

And the key lies in their friendship, their unity, and their love for one another.

Can they solve the mystery that fuels the Ghost Train before time runs out?