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The blurred lines between reality, imagination and the ethereal can be very fine. These six short stories test the limits. A disturbing letter, an extreme phobia, a calculating psychopath, a woodland hunt, a lonely hotel and a search for family all feature in this dark compilation.

Glances Through the Eyes of the Reaper is an eclectic mix of 13 short stories ranging from 100-word drabbles to a few-thousand-word stories. Stories take the listener from a lone survivors end of days and a scream in the dead of night to a pair of old soldiers in their Autumn days.

This small anthology is a collection of short stories and drabbles that feature Death and desolation in varying degrees. Whether it is a lonely man travelling through a dead England, a post nuclear journey home, a man in chains, the apocalypse caused by an innocuous plant, hope from the infected, or nocturnal visitations, they all offer the loneliness and isolation.

The best way to undermine a society is from the inside. This was Cold War ethos, one that went on to remanufacture a virus that was previously wiped out in the UK. Its aim was to infect the animal life of the enemy, turning pets against masters. A strain of rabies with 100 percent infection and mortality rate. Mothballed for years, the deadly secret has finally emerged with speed and virulence. One man, a gamekeeper, is alone to tackle it head on. A man whose fitness, knowledge, and experience will be tested to the full in his quest to warn the outside world.

Without warning a virulent man-made disease has unleashed a biblical terror on the World. The United Kingdom is hit particularly hard leaving few places to hide in an overcrowded country. Nine months later the ghouls outnumber the living by thousands. Survivors live an endless toil of searching for food and protecting the living. Some organisation exists, but is collapsing. Jack leads a trio of men hated by the rest of the survivors. Their job is to protect the integrity of the safe haven by preventing the infection from ever entering.

This second short story collection features five tales of terror from the pen of Paul S. Huggins. The tales start with a novella length story in which Jake Hatchers life turns around, with the help of his grandmother's bequest. "Drakes Blitz" follows Harry as he thieves through bomb-damaged London during the blitzkrieg of World War 2. "Affected Inside" is a zombie story where Chris Styles, a government investigator, looks into the disappearances of serving prisoners. His undercover investigation reveals a problem far more horrific than he could have imagined.

Whether it's fighting off a horde of zombies from a stately home, a brief visit to Hell, a solitary existence in the aftermath of the apocalypse, a frightening ride home from work during the early hours, or a bar fight, its all here in bite-size chunks. Six short stories of horror, terror, and violence.