Sixteen stories, over half published here for the first time, spanning the same range of genres (horror, SF, dark suspense) as Keith's previous collection It's For You, with fourteen full-page interior illustrations drawn by the author, and an introduction by Tony Tremblay. Also included is the first act of Keith's upcoming new supernatural mystery novel Dog Star.
Stories included in this collection: The Blue Cat On The Hooks So Many Hats Under The Wing Old Bones A Trail of Footprints Paterfamilias Runners, Running Close The Door What Does It Feel Like When I Do This? The Holes Little Sister Ghosts Moons For My Pillow, Stars For My Bed The Wampyr Down There Dog Star
Keith Minnion sold his first short story to Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine in 1979. He has sold over two dozen stories, two novelettes, an art book of his best published illustrations, two story collections, and one novel since. Keith was a book designer and illustrator from the early 1990s to the 2010s, and also did extensive graphic design work for the Department of Defense. He is a former schoolteacher, DOD project manager, and officer in the U.S. Navy. He currently lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, pursuing oil and watercolor painting, and sometimes even fiction writing.