Two novellas together in one paperback Curse of the Slender Man When a local girl named, Hazel, goes missing in a small community town in West Virginia, Toby and his father decide to volunteer in the search. But the endless forests offer more questions than answers as night settles in and the Slender Man begins to hunt. Lost in the forest, separated from his father, Toby must find a way to survive . . . The Curse of the Slender Man. Running Wild Jim is sick of his grueling life. Each day is the same: he works, he eats, he sleeps, only when sleep comes so do the nightmares, nightmares of turning into a beast, running wild, and killing for sport. Worst yet, he can't remember who he is or where he came from, but those around him claim he's always been there and always will be. It isn't until the night Jim sees a beast in his basement that he begins to finally understand and transform into what rests just beneath his skin.