A collection of stories including Horror, Dark Noir, Macabre Humor, and the Absurd. A big game hunter who has beaten Death and now Death wants a final showdown ("Better Than Death"). A hitchhiking prostitute who underestimates the man who picks her up ("Who's A Good Boy"). A young man who wants to exhume and desecrate the corpse of his sadistic father ("Early Bird"). A man who discovers shadows are not what they seem ("As Shadows Loom"). An empathetic massage therapist who has magic in her hands ("That Magic Touch"). A serial rapist whose luck runs out ("Squeeze"). A young man who discovers that reality is a fragile facade ("The Unravelling"), and more. All stories are set in October, which is as much a place as it is a time. October, where at its darkest, anything can happen.