From science fiction to horror and the grey in between, the short stories in this collection explore the deeper darkness that lurks behind every page, waiting for the next one to be turned.
—A man trapped on a deep-space medical freighter must escape before all of his dreams are harvested and sold to the highest bidder.
—A trio of robot guardians watch over the last little girl on a post-apocalyptic Earth...but their directives take the idea of "protection" to terrifying levels.
—An ancient monster haunts the deep places of this world, surfacing to prey on the employees of a small-town water processing facility.
—A lonely programmer accidentally creates the world's first true artificial intelligence from discarded code. All it needs is a body...
These and other thrilling tales await, including a new introduction for each story.
Samuel's horror novels usually focus on the epic theme of good versus evil but on a human scale. He likes stories that show ordinary people facing extraordinary odds, with enough heart-pumping action to keep the pages turning.
Many of his books will be or have been revised, enhanced, and re-released under the name Samuel Best.