Five Strokes to Midnight brings five authors of dark fiction together in one book, with each author providing approximately 20,000 words of original fiction in a theme of the authors own choosing. It also includes cover art and five interior illustrations by Hellraiser star Ashley Laurence, and an Introduction by Tim Lebbon.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION by Tim Lebbon
COVER & INTERIOR ART by Ashley Laurence
L O S S
Stories by Tom Piccirilli
* "Loss"
* "Bereavement"
H A U N T I N G S
Stories by Gary A. Braunbeck
* "Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway"
* "The Queen of Talley’s Corner"
* "Listening to Hendrix Sing ‘1983 … (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)’ "
C U R S E S
Stories by Deborah LeBlanc
* "White-Hot"
* "Bottom Feeder"
D E M O N S
Stories by Hank Schwaeble
* "Midnight Bogey Blues"
* "Bone Daddy"
* "Gomorrah"
F O L K L O R E
Stories by Christopher Golden
* "Shaft 39"
* "Under Cover of Night"
* "All Aboard"
