Stephen Couch: 15 books

Three short horror stories by acclaimed author Stephen Couch:SIN TAX: An elderly farmer faces a final judgement as he prepares the latest in a long series of ritual sacrifices.FOO BOXEN: A group of physics students reenact the "Schrodinger's Cat" experiment...with nightmarish results.AISLE...

Science fiction short story. When vile blackguards threaten Queen and Country with the insidious power of mesmerism, only one elite group has any hope of stopping them!

Horror short story. Something stirs in a rotting tenement...but is it the creation of a junkie's fevered imagination, or an old, dark god seeking a home in a new, bleak age?

Horror short story. In the depths of the Great Depression, a Panhandle family finds a mysterious contagion may make more than their dreams blow away with the wind.

Horror short story. Ten years ago, Eric and Joan survived a massacre. Now, they travel to the site of their greatest nightmare to find something even worse awaits them...progress.

Horror short story. A chance encounter with a suicide leads a man to discover his exact double...and the terrifying things that doppelganger had uncovered.

Science fiction short story. Freed from jail but banned from using computers, an old-school hacker finds his fascination with the Internet leading him to a world stranger than he could have imagined.

Science fiction short story. Every time he wakes up, he finds himself a prisoner, his memory gone. But through the haze of each new awakening, one thing becomes clear: if he doesn't find a way to escape, these 'humans' that hold him will be his death.

Horror short story. Safely ensconced in his sofa-cushion fort, Patrick is ready for a night of scary movies...until real monsters invade his home, and the fort becomes his only chance of survival.

Horror short story. A reporter journeys to a small town to investigate claims of the Second Coming, only to rediscover his own dark past.

Horror short story. Too few men handling too many cattle against too tight a deadline. Things are tough for a group of cowboys on a drive up the Chisholm Trail...and that's before the cows start acting strangely.

Fantasy short story. A young woman finds her life taking a bizarre turn after her pen-pal -- a princess of the realm -- dies under mysterious circumstances.

Fantasy short story. A grieving preacher embarks on a desperate journey to save his countrymen from the grip of a diabolical contest.

Horror short story. A maternity ward snapshot leads a hospital photographer into a world of occult tragedy.