Mares in the Night

Ancient myth tells of the mare, demons that would slip in the rooms of their unsuspecting victims and ride upon their chests while they slept, tormenting them with horrible images that came in dreams. Much like the nightmares that reveal the deepest parts of ourselves, horror fiction has frequently held a mirror to the world and laid bare the parts that frighten and disturb us. Mares in the Night adds to this proud tradition, containing thirteen tales of horror and dark fiction designed to tingle the spine and rankle the nerves. From the humorous to the unsettling, from the corners of history long past to the all-consuming present, from the far reaches of the cosmos to the house next door, Mares in the Night plumbs the depths of the human heart, weaving a tapestry of monsters, myths and demons, both real and imagined. Travel to the woods of 1860's Georgia, where an escaped slave meets a southerner of an entirely different sort. Learn the secret of the cursed radio show, slowly spreading its malevolent influence across a Depression-ridden New York City. Be transported to a far-away planet, where a soldier is sent on a mission to find a former comrade who has declared himself the god of its alien inhabitants.Take them each in turn, these mares in the night, and remember all that separates them from the waking world is the simple parting of an eyelid.