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Charnel House and Other Stories (Five Star First Edition Mystery)

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"Underbed". Martin dreams heroic thoughts. Tonight he envisions himself as a tunneler. Leaving the Land of Action, Martin meets a fisherman in the Land of Ideas. The angler asks Martin to rescue his daughter lost in the Land of the Underbed. Martin goes on the quest not knowing whether he will return to his bed alive.

"The Gray Madonna". When Karen and Dean learn that their unborn is severely handicapped, they have an abortion. They travel to Brugge, Belgium where someone murders Karen. Three years later, Dean returns seeking answers. When he learns first hand what happened to Karen makes no sense, but will he live to tell the authorities?

"The Ballyhooly Boy". Café owner Jerry has no idea why Mrs. Devlin bequest her home to him. At the house, he sees a boy-ghost. He learns that a classmate at school killed his family and himself here. The boy also seeks revenge on those whom bullied him in school with Jerry being the latest target. Jerry knows he must stop the cycle or become a victim.

"Charnel House". The old man visits San Francisco Sanitation Department bureaucrat John insisting that his house breathes. Skeptically, John accompanied by Dan visit Seymour only to find his home breaths. Disaster strikes and something happens to Dan who breathes as if the house possesses him. Modern medicine fails leaving it up to John to find an alternative to save his friend.

This collection consists of the title novella and three short stories all previously published, but each contain the trademark chilling suspense that the audience expects from grandmaster Graham Masterson.

Harriet Klausner