A young man who fears anything associated with the number thirteen contemplates his thirteenth lover with ultimate dread. A lonely, nervous woman believes that a work colleague is targeting her with obscene phone calls. Extreme anger-management issues cause a road-rage sufferer to blame anybody but himself for his actions. A horror writer discovers he no longer has the stomach for his own area of expertise. A sexually frustrated housewife gets much more than she bargained for from her dream man. A couple on a ski holiday find their lives upended in a flurry of snow. In these noirish stories, Roger Keen explores manifold manifestations of dark psychology and behaviour, touching on impulsive violence, amorous transgression and the search for bespoke oblivion as an antidote to the human condition...with a touch of comedy to even out the mix.