"We are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings." —President John F. Kennedy

Are you one of us?

From the esoteric to the pragmatic, history is built on secret societies made as much of myth and rumor as blood and bone. Some societies are real organizations with documented histories. Some are patchwork figments of speculation, malevolence, conspiracy theory, and perhaps even the delicious specter of world domination.

It's no secret these societies change lives.

Six of today's best horror writers explore those changes for better or worse alongside the darker implications and motivations of such Sinister Societies–the existence of which has never been proven.

Join Mercedes M. Yardley, Tom Deady, Sarah Read, Errick Nunnally, Cindy O'Quinn, and Michael Burke as they uncover the darkness that infests the hidden corners of the mind and the soul.

With a foreword by John Skipp. Edited by Linda Hartley.