Lemuria is a highly popular collection of dark short stories by German author Karl Hans Strobl and translated into English for the first time by Joe Bandel.
Book 1 includes the stories:
The Mermaid; At a Crossroads; The Witch Finder; The Head; The...
Tess is visiting friends in rural Vermont when she is driving alone at night and sees a young, half-dressed toddler in the middle of the road, who then runs into the woods like a frightened deer.
The entire town begins searching for the little girl....