From master of dark fantasy and sci-fi horror Ryan Notch comes all his best published stories, in one place for the first time ever.A collection of stories that swim through the liquid darkness hiding within each of us.Wherein...A beautiful scientist plagued by social phobias builds a machine to separate her fear from her body and imprison it, leaving her free to live her life. But her fear given form grows ever more ravenous...A decayed corpse more massive than the largest animal possible is found washed up on the shore. An oceanographer sets to the seas to follow its trail, finding remorseless monstrosities in its wake...A group of boys play the same game every night, a treasure hunt through the dark and deserted urban streets of their neighborhood. Until one night they find a path that shouldn't exist, to a place between here and there. A place where the world twists itself into knots of agony, and horror abounds...The last man in the world looks out his window to see he is no longer alone in the night, though soon wishes he was...And the never before released novella Its Shadow Afire in Infrared, where a fire breaks out on a space station far from help. With the nearest rescue a million miles away and the devouring flames inching ever closer, three crew members will risk everything on a desperate gambit...Praise for Ryan Notch:"I've come to believe that mystery is the greatest driving force offiction...and it's clear that Ryan Notch gets it."-Albert Berg's Unsanity Files"I don't usually pick up a horror book unless it has Stephen King on frontpage but this author could give Stephen King a run for his money!"-Bridget H, Goodreads