Tales Nocturnal [Trade Paperback]

ABOUT THIS BOOK This collection of uncanny tales invites us into a world where a subtle frisson awaits, a world where the sense that something is chillingly wrong lurks just beneath the familiar rituals of everyday life. A classic muscle car hides a dark, secret history. The shade of a lonely bride broods in a hotel room, longing for a friend. A cynical musician confronts a closet door that, without explanation, refuses to stay shut. For the past dozen years, Tim Foley’s stories have appeared in journals and anthologies, offering modern takes on the supernatural tale, creating a sharp sense of unease in the reader. Gathered here in his first collection, these stories offer gentle mystery and creeping dread. Seventeen Tales Nocturnal, to be read late in the evening, when the spirits are near. CONTENTS Galen’s Closet Snowman, Frozen On the Pier at Midnight Nineteen Sixty-Five Ford Falcon The House Opposite A Hitch Room 413, Silver Spruce Hotel Deer The Figure on the Sidewalk Aneurism Flowers Along the Seawall The Sound of Children Playing An Effect of the Moonlight The Ghost of Niles Canyon Beetles Emir House of Spiders, Man of the Woods Read more