Ghosts, vampires, demons, serial killers, and other deadly denizens of the dark haunt this collection of chilling short stories by horror master Harvey Click. -An unhappy and unloved boy summons a substitute mother-with sharp teeth. -Two teenage boys learn it's better to leave a spooky abandoned house alone. -Can ghosts kill? Denise is about to find out the hard way. -When her creative writing instructor offers to teach Kathy how to write a horror story, she finds herself trapped inside one. -A man discovers he may be a killer, though he can't remember the murders. -A man with a terrible past, a wizard from the dark side of the moon, and a pitchfork perform a dark drama of murder and madness. -A time traveler attempts to bring his dead fianc e back to life. -Many people wish to be ageless, but what happens when an immortal woman begins to lose her mind? -An artist literally draws a dead woman out of her grave. -An elderly woman seeks to recover her forgotten past, but some things are better left forgotten. -A petty swindler tries to buy good luck but ends up with the sort of luck nobody would want. -And finally, a brief fable about a box of very sharp silence.