Safe

by Jenna Moquin

In Jenna Moquin’s collection of dark tales about morally gray characters in desperate situations, you’ll find a destitute couple taking revenge on their employer, a woman embarking on a vigilante mission against philandering husbands, and a man battling demons from his past that just might be real.

246 pages, Paperback

Published April 19, 2016

About the author

Jenna Moquin's short stories and poetry have appeared in The Literary Hatchet, Asylum Ink, Heater, 34 Orchard, PARABNORMAL Magazine, Das Gift, and Wicked Sick. In 2016 she released a collection of dark tales, Safe: New and Selected Stories. In 2021, she compiled a charity anthology featuring 1980s-themed horror stories by the New England Horror Writers.

In 2024, her debut thriller STALKS was released, and her follow-up thriller THE CEMETERY SPOT was published 6 months later. She is a proud aunt to 6 nieces and nephews, and currently resides in Las Vegas with her Devil's Ivy plants while working on her latest story.

Upcoming Book Releases:

EYELAND: A Psychological Thriller
February 3, 2026

THE RED POSSESSION: A Horror Novel
May 1, 2026

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Reviews

[Janine Treannie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I gave the book a 5 star rating because each story definitely keeps you wanting to know what will happen to each of the characters in each of the stories. Unfortunately, there was only one story I seemed to enjoy about the afterlife. Other than that all the stories where pretty much anything bad that could happen will. I just found this book WAY too dark for my reading. It's definitely a good read if you REALLY enjoy mysteries & horrors.

[tori❀ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was lucky enough to win this book through the giveaways. I’m such a sucker for short horror/thriller stories, so this was perfect!

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fine collection of short stories in various genres. I particularly enjoyed Office Politics, Safe, Casualties of Encounters, Dug Out, Newborn, The Donation, Waiting Room, and The End Of Marriage.

[Kit · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read collection of fascinating short stories...

The book SAFE is a collection of short stories that are tightly, and very well written from a promising new author. She clearly thinks out of the box when developing her story arcs with the result that her stories are fresh and fascinating—some with twists (Waiting Room, The Donation, The Sublime Life), some with a dystopian slant (Safe, The Reward Lesson), some about affairs of the heart, romance and relationships (The End of a Marriage, Newborn, Dug Out, Casualties of Encounters, Indictment), and some about the human condition (Machine, The Heaven Or Hell Line). She also successfully tries her hand at science fiction (Things that go Bump in the Morning, The Dark Gland). Many of the stories are deliciously dark and creepy with several of them so sublimely creepy that I had to put the book down to take a break and shake off the ‘willies’. This collection demonstrates that Jenna Moquin is a creative and talented writer in several genres and is someone to watch!

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting collection of genre-crossing stories, with the expected mixed bag elements from such a thing. There are some great pieces in here (the final story, in particular, kept my attention the whole way through) but there's also plenty of filler. Still, the good outweighs the bad, and as a whole Safe is definitely worth a read.