A collection of 23 stories covering several kinds of horror fiction. Those meant to give the reader that thrill of the "jump scare" of a horror film like "The Exsanguinators" and "The Loeffler Farm" or thrills by a slow reckoning of the disaster to befall as in "Washed Ashore" and "Ye Olde Tyme Carnival." “The Mansion Dwellers” and “The Coal Manager’s House” interject a dash of haunted house vibes, whereas “A House with Good Bones” employs a comedic interplay between the sisters and George—until the end. “Kresto’s Mystery House of Horrors,” is set in the environs of the famous Mothman legend and seeks no lessening of shock for maximum effect in the denouement nor in the trauma of the two boys of the story. Other stories invoke the psychological horror that unsettles a reader’s sense of safety in the world—all while being perfectly safe in reality. Vengeful narrators carry you along in "I’ll Tell You Why” and “Crows to Peck an Eagle."