Elizabeth Rowan Keith: 16 books

Cities are not always more dangerous than the country.  Rural hospitality is not always as warm as it is imagined.  An invitation to a family meal is not always a good thing.  In this short tale, one traveler on a lonely road learns how horrifying remote encounters with isolated people can be.

There is nothing quite like the moment when a vehicle comes to rest after spinning off the road. What comes next? In this case the driver spends the winter in an isolated mountain inn. Set to the theme of a tale from antiquity, this story follows the residents of the inn through a season of compassion,...