Dark Screams: Volume One is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © 2014 by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar

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“Murder in Chains” by Simon Clark, copyright © 2014 by Simon Clark.

“The Watched” by Ramsey Campbell, copyright © 2014 by Ramsey Campbell.

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