Author A.A. Garrison has a knack for horror, as this collection of stories attests. Not fitting comfortably in the realm of "psychological" or "intelligent" horror, his brand of the macabre falls into a subtler niche, one that might be considered "darkly radiant."

Call it "the shining horrific, " if you must have a label.

Ranging from flash fiction to novelettes, from the quiet to the messy, from the everyday to the fantastic, the stories in 'The Shining Horrific' cover a diverse literary terrain, sure to please any audience.

Now, come explore that twilight country of the shining horrific ...