John Collier's edgy, sardonic tales are works of rare wit, curious insight, and scary implication. They stand out as one of the pinnacles in the critically neglected but perennially popular tradition of weird writing that includes E.T.A. Hoffmann...
THE LIVING JOSS was originally published in the July 1, 1933 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
Kwa is the living joss. His name is never to be spoken by unbelievers. His sinister power reaches out from the confines of New York's Chinatown, to deal...
When a body washes up on the shores of Willow Bay, Jason and Angela find themselves as the main suspects. After all, they did have a confrontation with the victim just the night before.
Deciding that she's not going to sit around and wait to be...
What does a lawyer do when she discovers her client may be a liar, or worse?Charles Kendrick, the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, has been named a "person of interest" in connection with the disappearance of his...