[Blood and Bone 01] • A Smattering of Unease

Who is the real monster? The ugly thing with sharp teeth, or the person sitting next to you with the soft smile?

Blood and Bone; A Smattering of Unease contains a unique blend of of monsters, big and small, flora and fauna . . . human and inhuman. This debut collection of short horror stories by Shannon Rae Noble is sure to creep you out . . . and ask yourself who the real monsters are.

Blood and Bone - Teenager Glory waits in the ghoul-infested Wandering Wood, hoping to meet a special man with an extraordinary heart . . .

Siren Scream - A solitary island dweller and an unwelcome guest whose pasts are linked discover that a tropical storm is not the most dangerous thing to come from the ocean . . .

The Least of Us - A single mother must find a way to escape the doll in which her soul has been imprisoned and find the evil witch who has kidnapped her daughter . . .

Cookout at the Zeiks' - A small boy's missing hamster leads a family to a horrific discovery of miniscule proportions . . .

Bereavement Services, LLP - A woman exacts revenge on her abusive husband in this zombie tale where everything is not as it seems . . .

Green Thumb - In an attempt to stop vandals from destroying her gardens, an old woman gets more than she bargained for and pays a much higher price than she had ever imagined in this story of gardening gone awry . . .

Joy - A young widow who loses her last remaining family member to the evil scheming of a spiteful new neighbor must decide between compassion and murder . . .