Dead as Soon as Born: A Collection of Stories

Dead as Soon as Born is Aiden Merchant's debut story collection, boasting a variety of genres and narrative styles over the course of sixteen entries. "The Sinking" - A man kills his wife and prepares to bury her in a trunk deep in the woods behind his childhood home."Let's Rob Your Ex!" - A divorced woman meets her ex's latest fling, a young girl with plans to rob him with her help."Stubby Legs" - Off the wooded trails of Dawson Park lives an ancient goblin that hasn't tasted human flesh in too long a time."Palinoia" - After Junior has killed his cheating girlfriend, several rips in time and space appear, giving him the ability to take back what he's done or do it yet again."Crossing Red" - A disturbed individual finally snaps and take things too far. Now several people are dead and he's on the run from a U.S. Marshall determined to take him down.... plus eleven other exciting and curious stories!“…a very gifted writer with a great knack for the creepy.” – Matthew V. Brockmeyer (Author of Kind Nepenthe and Under Rotting Sky)

Reviews

News