Madame Cruller's Couch and Other Dark and Bizarre Tales

A small-town psychic's trailer burns, leaving little in the wreckage but her lovely green couch. A great find for a couple who make their living scavenging and selling secondhand items. Yet Madame Cruller's couch is imbedded with something unpleasant, and we're not talking fleas. A young man, accompanied by a shadowy specter since birth, unwittingly exacts revenge against those who threaten him. A hoarder learns that dogs can sometimes be loyal to a fault.
A dark and terrible secret threatens the plans two brothers have of racing their car in a television-themed challenge. A pony and a steer have had enough of their arrogant owners and decide to take the "bull by the horns, " so to speak. Thanks to the couple who own her town, Christmastime has become an annoyance for Donna Wilson. But during this year's command-performance Yuletide party, Donna discovers a nightmare that rivals any holiday horror story she's ever read.
Surviving the brutal 1968 Vietnam War riots in Chicago, a desperately optimistic man travels cross-country to join a commune.only to realize that "peace" can be as dangerous as violence. A peculiar and devastating plague rapidly spreads across the globe, throwing the survivors into a battle for their sanity and their lives. These are some of the stories in this chilling new collection by two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Elizabeth Massie.******"Elizabeth Massie is personally one of my favorite authors." - Bentley Little, author of The Town, The Bank"Elizabeth Massie never fails to engage the heart and mind." - Jack Ketchum, author of The Girl Next Door, The Lost