A genderfluid witch in a small Southern town prepares for their Black Cotillion coming out party. Singing worms converge on an old woman and young boy living in a house buried deep underground. Revenge drives an angry spirit through possession after possession in the bare-knuckle boxing ring. A father and son's canoe trip to one of the world's "soft places" culminates in an ecstatic encounter with the Weird.
These are just a few of the fifteen stories contained in
As Summer's Mask Slips, and Other Disruptions
, Gordon B. White's debut collection of horror and Weird fiction.