This collection of thirteen short stories and Novella include Crime, Horror and Satirical Humour stories. A woman flees her abusive husband to begin a new life. A veteran detective hunts a phantom serial killer. A young man on death row looks back on his life. A detective investigates the abduction and mutilation of a food critic. In the Novella, a man enters hospital for a routine procedure and wakes to find the operation has gone horribly wrong and his life is changed forever. These and other stories explore the dark side of human nature, often with a twist of the macabre.