Fragments

"Fragments" contains 18 uncompromising stories from James Forrest, the author of "Believers." A murderer stalks a city's streets, killing at will. The press has nicknamed the killer The Vampire ... A group of men plan a bloody act of revenge against a gangland family .... A man wakes up in a military hospital, infected with a deadly disease .... A woman contemplates her violent marriage, and confronts the awful truth about the man she thought she knew .... A hostage taker makes a shocking, and unexpected, demand ... A burglar, caught in the act, is given a terrifying choice ... "Fragments" is a dark, violent, blackly funny look at the darkness in all of us.