The girl stepped out from the dark forest and into a new and unsuspecting world. With her wild hair, wild eyes and wilder 19th century outfit she was a sight to behold. Certainly she was a sight Richard Stine could not ignore as he rounded the curve in the road that night, and in rescuing the girl from the dark and lonely night he gets far more than he could ever have bargained for. But the girl would not be the only unusual thing to enter the world this night. There are other beings, ones with more dubious intent than she entering the world, death and mayhem just footsteps behind.