2 The Truth Teller The story takes effect just after the events of The Cabbie Homicide when I was haunted by what happened with Porras. The story reveals a lot about the urban legends that are revealed of this night as well. This contains dark subject matter as this is a true story. Discussion about real gangs in Chicago and graphic violent reference in passing. np1976 codexed com

2 Bonnie 'n Clyde: 60172 Author tells his story about his mother's Christmas shopping in December 1991 to find out she made a startling discovery. They were the subjects of the movie Luke Perry played in that was filmed in his step-grandmother's area of Hanover Park, Illinois. Story drawn from the movie and re-enactments done on Discovery ID. Warnings: Dark Subject Matter, Graphic Violence, Strong Language

4 Pariah's Mind Glendale Heights, present day - a local townie realizes during an interview she took part in during the interplay of the interview. She realized the nightmare wandering within her proverbial dark parking lot known as her psyche. A dark tale of psychological horror from author Nickolaus A. Pacione.

2 damnation and blame a Gothic poem something i tossed together after a long time not doing poetry.

9Ghosts of War Story inspired by James O'Barr. Set during the second world war. A man in uniform is killed by Nazis along with the death of his brother - is brought back to life by a black feathered war buddy. Vengence is brought to the Nazis by the hands of the so

20 Lake Fossil A high school student does a video project looking for a Loch Ness type creature residing in the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. The project is to prove a teacher from his class wrong of a subject right from the tabloids. Part of the first Tabloid Purposes anthology. Author's Comments: Jet Berelson of Vampirefreaks caught up with me just before I wrote this.

12Halloween Girl Women in a club who drinks from the blood of others, the horrors play out when a person sees her with the blood on her lips. A psychological vampire story - rated PG-13 for disturbing subject matter.

18House of Spiders A young married couple were invited to take part in a reality television show within a hospital that had a dark history behind it, and what they see goes behind anything they cannot explain with a rational mind.

14The Statue Inspired by Rod Serling and his series

16Insect a nightmare that came about from reading about the Africanized honey bees in the south, and of the experience of getting attacked by ground bees - the inspiration for that became the peice written here.