From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind. A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her. . . .An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror. . . .During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror. . . .Includes the following stories:The River Styx Runs UpstreamEyes I Dare Not Meet in DreamsVanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in HellVexed to Nightmare by a Rocking CradleRemembering SiriMetastasisThe OfferingE-Ticket to 'NamlandIverson's PitsShave and a Haircut, Two BitesThe Death of the CentaurTwo Minutes and Forty-Five SecondsCarrion Comfort | Prayers To Broken Stones by DAN SIMMONS, Paperback | Indigo Chapters