Rejection is part of a writer's life. Repeated rejection can cause a writer to question their work. Now I'm questioning you. A weekly poker game; a solo ghost hunting trip; a deadly swim; a hard working woman out after dark; a man's obsession; the customer from hell; a corpse in an elevator; something glimpsed in a tree; a husband and wife at the end of their marriage. Why do you think these nine horror stories featuring serial killers, ghosts, zombies, and creatures didn't get published?