Marvelous Illustrated collection of SHORT STORIES. Brings you Stunning Horror, Shameless Terror, Gratuitous Sex, Unapologetic Science Fiction, and Outrageously Embarrassing Humor *Where does your reality begin or end when you can create your own, private universe? How can that be horrific and funny at the same time? *What happens when your kitchen sink becomes your ultimate enemy inside a benevolent state that kills you if you report it? *How do you submerge a civilization into its very own web of tyrannical lies, blind happiness, and false national mythology? *If you returned from a simple trip and your life was suddenly full of demons and stalking shadows-what the hell could you do about it? *If the President of the United States ordered the assassination of his opponent in an election-are you cool with that? *A time traveler as murderer-is only a tiny problem for you, am I right? *Your storm-damaged star ship makes an emergency deceleration out of warp into an unknown hostile solar system and...and.... WHO BETTER to write about evil, madness, paranormal activity, aliens, and the real rulers of Earth than a tough, former private eye and secret agent? Jeffrey A. Friedberg performed clandestine investigations for police departments, governments, industry, nuclear plants, and more. He knows where everything that twists and corrupts your reality is hidden-and he knows how it squeezes your truth to death in the dark, when nobody's looking.... .