Ugly Little Things: Volume One

YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE A BAD TIME. Ugly Little Things is an eerie collection of short fiction from the twisted mind of Todd Keisling, author of the critically-acclaimed novels A Life Transparent and The Liminal Man. Appearing for the first time in print, each story in this volume embodies the essence of human ugliness. In the inaugural story “Radio Free Nowhere,” an errant radio signal lures travelers off an Appalachian highway to a forgotten lake—and a grisly fate. Step into the scrub of rural Arizona and join Karen Singleton’s struggle to save her husband from a cult of religious fanatics in “When Karen Met Her Mountain.” Introduce yourself to a blue-eyed devil named Harvey J. Winterbell and learn the true meaning of regret in the semi-autobiographical tale, “Saving Granny from the Devil.” Visit the small town of Dalton in “The Harbinger” and join Felix Proust as he uncovers the vile secrets rooted at the heart of Dalton Dollworks. The horrors don’t stop there. Also included in this limited edition is “Skeletons in my Closet,” a collection of twelve stories that were previously unpublished or out of print, including the award-winning thriller, “Migration of the Butterfly.” From buried gods and serial killers to creepy dolls and tooth gremlins, Todd Keisling once again exposes the world to his own unique brand of horror, terrorizing the reader with one agonizing tale after another. You’re going to have a bad time—and you’re going to like it.