Horror Stories Set in Early America

House of the Bull: Forced to leave the comforts of his abbey by a superior who despises him, Gonçalo, a Franciscan monk, follows a trail cut from the wilderness by a predecessor. He anticipates discomfort, for the wilds of California are not yet settled. He expects to find broken-down missions and religion abandoned. He is not prepared to find answers to questions he dare not ask. He is not prepared for the taste of blood.

Wife, Wolf, and Woodsman: Can a man be wed to a beast? What if he is and doesn't realize? What happens when a dauntless woodsman comes across a shapeshifter in the dead of night? Who will survive and who will die? Who will become a widow and who an orphan? Who will be wounded and who do the wounding?

Prophecy: The wilderness which will soon become the state of California was under the rule of Mexico, until a revolution set it free. The revolutionaries dealt harshly with the last Mexican governor; murdering him, his wife, and causing the death of his infant son. Yet all revolutions come with a price. The revolutionaries will hear their fate spoken by the voice of death.

The Rakshasa: Cochrane flees from patricide, taking refuge amongst a crowd listening to a speech given by a mystic. His hastily chosen refuge is nothing of the sort. He has met his judge, although he doesn't know it. Can there be justice in a world of evil? Is it justice when one evil spirit condemns another?