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

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Copyright © 2017 by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar

“Walpuski’s Typewriter” by Frank Darabont, copyright © 2005 by Frank Darabont

“The Boy” by Bentley Little, copyright © 2017 by Bentley Little

“Tumor” by Benjamin Percy, copyright © 2017 by Benjamin Percy

“Twisted and Gnarled” by Billie Sue Mosiman, copyright © 2017 by Billie Sue Mosiman

“The Palaver” by Kealan Patrick Burke, copyright © 2017 by Kealan Patrick Burke

“India Blue” by Glen Hirshberg, copyright © 2017 by Glen Hirshberg

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“Walpuski’s Typewriter” by Frank Darabont was originally published individually by Cemetery Dance Publications in 2005.

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