There are places we fear to tread: abandoned places, dark places, places with cringe-worthy sounds and smells. Yet curiosity often leads us into exploration of such foreboding places, one tentative step at a time. Strange, unexplainable, and yes even terrifying events can unfold in these creepy places once discovered and investigated. That is where you, the reader, come in. Are you starved for terrors? Do you thirst for frights? Have you the resolve to sate these cravings by delving deep into the unknown, the darkness, the oblivion, despite escalating thoughts of turning back to the safety of familiarity? We shall see. In this bountiful tome await six sordid tales, each as uniquely disturbing as the locales in which they are set. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, well-known to be one of the scariest places on earth, welcomes a new guest in BLOOD ON THE WALLS. A dilapidated fishing vessel is heinously plagued in CATCH YOUR DEATH. An underground game quickly turns lethal in LABYRINTHINE GORE. A quaintly old-fashioned department store turns sinister at the witching hour in QUARTERED PAST MIDNIGHT. Cave explorers bite off more than they can chew in SALIVATE. Last, but most certainly not least, the city sleeps, but not the creeps in TWISTED BLOOD. So, the time has come to shake off your fears and trepidations, and do a bit of exploring yourself with the following collection of creepy accounts. Go ahead. I double-dog dare you.