Behind Dark Doors (the complete collection) · Eighteen suspenseful short stories

Eighteen suspenseful short stories of horror and supernatural from Susan May. Will delight fans of **Twilight Zone, Outer Limits** and any lovers of genius twists you won't see coming.

**Includes:** Bonus excerpt from ***"Deadly Messengers"* **Susan May's thriller novel. **DO US PART**

Those darling, elderly couples married for decades always look happy on the news. When you're married for seventy years, what secret thoughts lie behind the smiles?

**HELL'S KITCHEN**

Gordon must survive the elimination round in an intense cooking competition. As the tension mounts, he's convinced of his imminent elimination with terrible consequences.

**MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES**

Bullying is always a volatile subject, but when a parent-teacher interview goes very wrong, "volatile" is too mild a word.

**I HATE EMMA CARTER**

Emma Carter is the new girl in class. Class bully Angie Dutton is assigned to be her babysitter. Perhaps Angie has picked the wrong victim this time.

**IT'S IN THE GENES**

Another morning of Helen yet again struggling to motivate her teenage son to get out the door on time. Since Brandon joined his father on late night fishing trips he's changed. Today, Helen will discover why.

**THE WAR VETERAN**

For seventy years, World War II veteran Jack Baker has endured vivid flashbacks to that horrific June day on Omaha Beach. Tonight, the flashbacks are terrifyingly different. Tonight, Jack's seventy-year-old secret comes to claim him.

**SCENIC ROUTE**

When Pam, Michael, and their young sons take the scenic route, they stop overnight at a quaint bed-and-breakfast. What they won't know until its too late, is something is wrong in Broken Springs, Population 402.

**HIDE-AND-SEEK**

Henry doesn't like playing hide-and-seek until the day he discovers the perfect hiding spot, where he learns there are worse things than being found.

**HARASSMENT DAY**

Edwin thought he would spend another lovely afternoon with his daughter and granddaughter. But dammit, they had followed him yet again.

**THE MONSTER RULES**

Harry had survived his 11 years blissfully unaware there really are creatures just itching to steal him away. When his best friend shares the Monster Rules, Harry learns how to stay safe.

**WHERE WE ONCE WERE**

Tamara dreamed of visiting her distant ancestors' 1897 time world for her PhD research paper. What she discovers is a secret two hundred years in the making.

**DESPERATE**

Two agitated women run out into oncoming freeway traffic. Are they insane or is their desperation due to stakes so high they're prepared to give their lives?

**GONE**

On a rainy night, Crystal's husband disappears while fetching their car. Her mind races with the possibilities that may have befallen him. The truth is far more terrible than she can imagine.

**RING RING**

Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, is about to patent his telegraphic transmitter. If not for a mysterious phone call from the future, he would have nothing to patent.

**TO BE OR NOT TO BE**

The only hope for mankind is to create Oxygen Conversion plants to support key cities. All seemed doomed until THEY came. Now Keriss must face a heart-breaking decision.

**THINGS THAT WILL KILL YOU IN AUSTRALIA**

American tourist and blogger R.P. Kraul is on the trip of a lifetime in the Australian outback. R.P. has come prepared for anything. But perhaps not prepared enough.

**PROGRAM DELETE**

The Intelervate Chip repaired brain-damaged babies good as new. In fact, better than new: they were superior in so many ways. As the children matured, they become the focus of a fearful world.

**BACK AGAIN**

A tragic accident takes Dawn's only child. The following surreal days are filled with grief and moments she never wants to live again, until she finds herself back again, living that day. It's a second chance to save her son. Changing fate is not as simple as it first appears.