Baby Monster

Baby Monster by John S. McFarland

The second story collection from Ste. Odile

Return with us to Ste. Odile, a cursed town indeed.

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We will also be lured to other areas of the world during periods of history that were dark, foreboding, and unsympathetic to humankind in general.

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You will find recognizable characters within these pages when we revisit their unfortunate situations. You will also be introduced to some new ones who are unique enigmas on their own.

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A familiar scientist is conducting a study on teeth, using participants from the women's wing of St. Mathurin's Home for the Insane.

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A resolute woman must perform an unspeakable act to save herself from a life-ending condition.

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An abandoned and crumbling orphanage hiding a horrific secret, a woman's obsession with speaking to the dead, and her husband trying to save their son from potential murder come together in a thunderous storm of shock and terror.

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Step into the end of intimate acquaintances and the beginning of tenuous relationships. Mysterious men, undaunted women, warped creatures, maddened minds, human atrocities... all await you in McFarland's second volume of harrowing short stories, including two novelettes, published here for the first time.

"Authentically unnerving. An uneasy pleasure to read." ~ Ramsey Campbell, author of Demons by Daylight and Alone With the Horrors

"[McFarland has a] talent for finding something touching on the other side of horror." ~ T.E.D. Klein, author of The Ceremonies and Dark Gods

"In Baby Monster, McFarland revisits the cursed town of Ste. Odile, where the darkest angels of our souls, all our souls, reside." ~ Dacre Stoker, author of Dracul and great-grandnephew of Bram Stoker

"These stories will swallow you whole."

~ David B. Busboom, author of Every Crawling, Putrid Thing

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"McFarland's stories are like gifts sprung from a dark chest full of wonders." ~ Michael Schmidt, Wandler/Verlag