About the Book
This collection of uncanny tales invites us into a world where a subtle frisson awaits, a world where the sense that something is chillingly wrong lurks just beneath the familiar rituals of everyday life. A classic muscle car hides a dark, secret history. The shade of a lonely bride broods in a hotel room, longing for a friend. A cynical musician confronts a closet door that, without explanation, refuses to stay shut.
For the past dozen years, Tim Foley’s stories have appeared in journals and anthologies, offering modern takes on the supernatural tale, creating a sharp sense of unease in the reader. Gathered here in his first collection, these stories offer gentle mystery and creeping dread. Seventeen Tales Nocturnal, to be read late in the evening, when the spirits are near.
CONTENTS
Galen’s Closet
Snowman, Frozen
On the Pier at Midnight
Nineteen Sixty-Five Ford Falcon
The House Opposite
A Hitch
Room 413, Silver Spruce Hotel
Deer
The Figure on the Sidewalk
Aneurism
Flowers Along the Seawall
The Sound of Children Playing
An Effect of the Moonlight
The Ghost of Niles Canyon
Beetles
Emir
House of Spiders, Man of the Woods
