First published 2020
The clock strikes twelve and the world transforms. In these thirteen original tales, award-winning writers including Jeffery Deaver, Linwood Barclay, Rhys Bowen, and Heather Graham venture into the hours when shadows lengthen and rational minds fracture. A collection spanning suspense, mystery, science fiction, and fantasy, each story answers why the witching hour brings out humanity's darkest impulses. Characters face twisted fears that emerge only in moonlight, confronting legends that drive the sane to madness come daybreak. From psychological thrillers to supernatural encounters, these narratives prove that midnight marks the boundary between the ordinary and the terrible. The authors craft scenarios where night becomes a character itself, where the familiar world warps into something unrecognizable. Each tale stands alone yet contributes to a larger meditation on how darkness reveals truths we prefer to ignore in daylight.
Genres: short-stories, suspense, mystery, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: dark-fantasy, unreliable-narrator
338 pages · Hardcover · Suspense Publishing