Dark Matter is that mysterious matter in the universe that confounds the best minds of the century. Dark Matter in this volume is also mysterious and confounding. From a dying inmate in a federal prison to a future world where a young girl is taught to be a healer, Dark Matter rises and floats through these stories to their final conclusions. What the best minds don't know about Dark Matter is that monsters lurk there disguised as old men in porch rockers, jewelers who happen to be vampires, or zombies made by a natural plague.