Coming Up Short 9: A Psychological Horror Series

A young man wakes in his basement. His face and arms are scratched and cut. His clothes areblood stained and trails of blood flow across the basement floor to his very large freezer. Thoughhe can’t recall what happened to him, he knows something horrible lies waiting in the freezer.The idea of opening the freezer’s lid terrify him, but he also knows his mother will return homeat any moment and she may be the scariest thing of all.A doctor of Psychiatry knows a coworker’s behavior has altered significantly after receiving adark necklace in the mail. She also knows this necklace is very familiar to her, though she can’tremember why. When her coworker begins suffering memory loss related to her mother, thegood doctor realizes she must do some digging into work files to understand the evil thingshiding under the surface. Once she does, what she uncovers is enough to shake her to her verycore. The secrets that are exposed are far more personal than she is prepared to comprehend.Kalen McDonald is the famed Killer of Killers. He is a man who gets flashes of insight in hismind related to murderous fiends and he’s made it his mission in life to eliminate these evilpredators. So why has his latest vision convinced him he must kidnap an innocent family man?Kalen knows the only path forward is to follow through and see the mystery through to its end.As he knows all too well, the things that seem clear cut are usually the most confusing of all.Coming Up Short 9 is a new collection of tales of the macabre and the mysterious by the authorof the award-winning Killer of Killers series.Warning: These stories will keep you up late at night, nervously chewing your fingernails,cringing at every little creak of your home. Our reality may not be what you have been led tobelieve.For fans of The Twilight Zone, the Coming Up Short series will be familiar, and twisted territory!

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