A Knife in the Back

In "Beta," a monster terrorizes an isolated village in the mountains of Eastern Europe, draining the blood of its victims, leaving them frozen in the snow. The villagers hunt wolves, decapitate "vampires," but the murders continue. Who will be next? Will it ever end?In "Prey," when an old man discovers a gruesome new fertilizer for his beloved flowers, he decides to share it with the world.In "Under the Rocks," something evil is swimming in the waters of the Rappahannock River. Jason Riddle knows it. He and his brothers thought they killed it in the summer of 1932. Seventy years later, that evil has returned, and Riddle knows that he has to destroy it once and for all.And in Raleigh's Prep, a novel, Topher, Michael, and Kenneth find a mangled body on the rugby field of their new school. They decide to investigate, unleashing the horror that lurks in the woods that surround the campus.These are just a few of the macabre stories found within. Enter . . . IF YOU DARE!