The Ferryman and Other Strange Tales
By S.C. Jensen
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Nightmares creep into the waking hours in "Insomnia." A father's return isn't all its cracked up to be in "The Summer That Daddy Left." A new mother slips in and out of monstrous emotions in "Night Feeders." Grief slips into insanity for a man building "Castles on the Strand."
Here lie nineteen unsettling tales that walk the line between this world and next...
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