A woman struggles to outsmart the demon who bargained for her father's soul. An elderly shut-in with a monstrous secret is tormented by a door-to-door salesman. Six-eyed creatures congregate on the ceiling of a remote bungalow, puzzling a newly rescued tabby cat. An imp's loyalties are torn between a vulnerable child and the god of dreams. In her debut horror collection, award-winning author Caryn Larrinaga spreads her nightmares under your feet. Fed by the dread her anxiety brings her, each of these eleven tales is a journey into an unsettling universe just parallel to our own—one populated by haunted objects, unwanted urges, and creatures from beyond human understanding. Dread softly.

How do you catch a killer who moves like a ghost? Mackenzie Clair is sure she'll find answers in New Mexico. The mysteries around her mother's past have haunted her for twenty years, and every sign points toward the truth lurking in her childhood home. But the Donn's Hill Body Magnet should have known better than to expect a quiet trip. Everywhere Mac goes, ghosts follow. All her life, Mac thought her mother's death was just a tragic accident. But when a tourist dies under suspiciously similar circumstances, connections between Evelyn Clair and more recent victims start stacking up. There's a serial killer on the prowl, and they've set their sights on Donn's Hill. Hard as she tries, Mac can't convince the police the deaths are related. The murderer is like a ghost, moving through the living world in ways only a psychic can follow. It's up to Mac to solve the case, but if she can't sift through the clues from her past,...