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What's so scary about Virginia?From Edgar Allan Poe's Ragged Mountains to the shores of Tidewater's Seven Cities...From the blood-soaked battlegrounds of the Civil War to the shadowy political arena of the D.C. Beltway...We have four hundred years' worth of ghost stories, folk horrors, small-town terrors, urban legends, backwoods beasts, otherworldly secrets, and down-home Southern Gothic.Within this idyllic landscape, there are many dark corners. Within these pages, Virginia authors explore twenty-three dangerous destinations, myths, and monsters from the Commonwealth's past, present, and future. Read on, if you dare.All proceeds will be donated toSCARES THAT CARE®a 501(c)3 charitable organization.For more information, visitwww.scaresthatcare.org

Dive into the darkest depths of the human heart, into the places where we keep ghosts and grief, obsession and revenge, and monsters-both otherworldly and human.The heart rots with every trauma, with every wrongdoing. And if we're not careful, the necrosis invades. It has spread across these fifteen tales of horror, ranging from sci-fi to supernatural, psychological to body horror. None of which are for the faint of heart.Follow a lonely astronomer with a heart condition as he navigates a world on the brink of apocalypse.Palpate the grief of a father, clinging to hope as he follows an apparition into the woods.Cringe as beasts crawl from the chest of a young girl, seeking vengeance on those who've wronged her.Check your pulse before jumping into these horrors of the heart.

A never-ending storm rages, tossing a dark and bottomless sea. Tentacled beasts reach from every direction, a battle at every turn, but they've chosen the wrong target. Armed with teeth and sharp weapons of her own, she'll fight until there's nothing left, and then she'll pick herself up and fight again. For this is what we do.Laurel Hightower, author of Below and Crossroads, delivers the blow that shatters the glass ceiling into twenty deadly shards-each reflecting horrors faced by women. Unwelcomed advances from dangerous men. The unbearable weight of motherhood. A goddess pushed to her limits. The inescapable responsibilities of being a caretaker, even beyond the grave.Dive in for Hightower's most beloved short stories, all brought together in one collection which includes five brand new tales. Navigate the stormy waters of womanhood with caution as you are about to experience the horrors that every woman knows.