[NOTE: elements that are set in bold italics ONLY appear in the hardcover edition ]
CONTENTS:
Introduction: Minimalist Horror by Michael A. Arnzen
Skull Fragments
Diving In
Gardener
Skull Scraper
Gastroanatomy
Soft Spots
Tapping Charley
The Ugly Thing
The Bitter Wife
The Strangest Skull
Resonant Eyes
Fissures
Knock Off the Auction Block
Doofus
Up For Air
Limber
Obictionary
Degrees of Separation
Punishment
Nightmare Job #1
Turn of the Season
Brain Candy
White Out
Stabbing for Dummies
The Cow Cafe
Handicapped Spot
Take Out
A Change in Policy
Partners
Mustachio Moon
Return of the Living Dead
Who Wants to be a Killionaire?
Beyond Undead
Stretch
Stress Toy
The Dead Head
Returns
Tassels
Surgical Complications
Jack the Teacher
Little Stocking Stuffers
In the Balance
Diagara
Strange Trout
Revenge of the Mummy
In the Middle
The Seven-Headed Beast
Psycho Hunter
A Worse Mousetrap
Little Devils
Latex
Mother’s Haunted Housecoat
Inside the Man with No Eyelids
Burning Bridges
Taking Care of Baby
Five Mean Machines:
Dreamachinery
Womachine
Trimachine
Stomachine
Mortichinery
Tugging the Heartstrings
Face of Clay
Blind Spot
Crusty Old Age
Next-Door
Choppers
Amputating the Phantom
How to Put a Cat to Sleep
Nightmare Job #3
While Knitting Your Hat
Disgruntled
Anniversary Meal
Second Helping
Canines
The Curse of Fat Face
Skullduggery
Chanting Richard
The Eight Ball in Big Mouth’s Pocket
A Donation
Nightmare Job #4
Her Daily Bread
My Wound Still Weeps
The Blood Ran Out
An Evil Eye
Hand in Marriage
Phrenological Love
The Cut of My Jib
The Leaf Pile
Receiver
Surge
Convictions
Valendine
Contused
Sinking Sandy
Research Subjects
Nightmare Job #5
How to Grow a Man-Eating Plant
The Killer Descends
Gasp
Domestic Fowl
Aftershocks (bonus hardcover material):
Stories:
People Repellent
The Kisser
Word of Mouth
Screwy Louis
Election Day Alarm: A Parable
An Ounce of Brains
Printing Charlie
Summons
Death in Town Park
Note Found on a Blood-Stained Pillow
The Magic of Jesus
You’re Not Getting Sleepy
Reverberations: An Afterword by Michael Arnzen
Appendices:
“On Writing Flash Fiction”: Interview with Arnzen by Jerry Schatz
Creative Writing Prompts Inspired by the Stories (from the Teacher’s/Reader’s Guide)
Acknowledgments
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