A collection of short stories from one of science fiction and fantasy's brightest new authors, this volume of 15 dark stories from the mind of Joseph Paul Haines will haunt, entertain and move you. These category-defying stories combine science fiction, horror, and fantasy in the most unpredictable of ways. From the fan favorite "Ten With a Flag," where a young woman must choose between her husband or the state controlling her destiny, with a price to be paid either way, to the magic of "The Man Behind the Curtain," where a man struggles to reconnect with his older sister, and the magic that might save him, this collection of previously published and new stories establishes Joseph Paul Haines as a writer worth watching.