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A collection of 13 tales from Raina Lorring. The stories range from horror to urban fantasy. This collection also includes “Enforcing Christmas,” the stand-alone prequel story to her forthcoming werewolf novel A Broken Howl.

In “Enforcing Christmas,” Liz is just trying to make it through a trip home to see her parents for the holidays without having to rip anyone's throat out. “Pale Moon Rising” is a fairy tale that doesn't promise the traditional happily ever after. Continuing with tales of love, Calvin meets a mysterious young woman in “The Other Fish in the Sea;” his encounter changes his life. “Cold Steel” looks at the basic human emotion of anger from an unlikely perspective. Roy's well-meaning business venture provides him with a horrific first customer in “Dirty Money.” In “Inheritance,” Janice's inspection of her deceased uncle's home provides her with more than was listed in the will. “Surrender Hope” is a dark urban fantasy story. In “To Give your All” one warrior struggles in a fight to the death. “Twitch” tells the story of two EMTs as they discover patient after patient with the same strange affliction. The collection continues with a ghost story in “Bitter Sweet Darkness.” In the next tale, a flustered marriage counselor gives one couple “A Dose of Reality.” Darrell is a man on the edge in “Something to Shoot,” and he is offered a strange choice by mysterious visitor. The collection closes with “What a Waste” that tells the dark story of a man's waste of a life.