Apart in the Dark

Trade Paperback – New

Two terrifying novellas from bestselling author Ania Ahlborn, a great storyteller who spins an atmosphere of dread literally from the first page (Jeff Somers).

The Pretty Ones
New York, 1977. The sweltering height of the Summer of Sam. The entire city is gripped with fear, but all Nell Sullivan worries about is whether or not shell ever make a friend. The self-proclaimed Plain Jane does her best to fit in with the girls at work, but Nells brother, Barrett, assures her that shell never be like them. When Nell manages to finally garner some much-yearned-for attention, the unthinkable happens to her newfound friend. The office pool blames Son of Sam, but Nell knows the awful truthbecause doing the devils work is easy when theres already a serial killer on the loose.

I Call Upon Thee
Maggie Olsen had a pretty ordinary childhoodswimming and sleepovers, movie nights and dad jokes. And then there were the other thingsthe darker thingsthe shadow that followed her home from the cemetery and settled into the corners of her home, refusing to let her grow up in peace. Now, after three years away from the place she’s convinced she inadvertently haunted, and after yet another family tragedy strikes, Maggie is forced to return to the sweltering heat of a Savannah summer to come to terms with her past. All along, she’s been telling herself, it was just in your head, and she nearly convinces herself that she’d imagined it all. But the moment Maggie steps into the foyer of her family home, she knows. The darkness is still here. And it’s been waiting for Maggie’s return