From alternative medicine to murder, this anthology reveals terrors surgical, psychological and institutional. In stark, operating-room light these 14 writers take scalpel and pen to the body and soul of humanity as it lies stretched out on the stainless-steel page. Rendered in laser-sharp detail, these incisive narratives reveal human needs, hurts, desires, and fears. Includes stories by F. Paul Wilson, Thomas F. Monteleone, Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini, Steven Spruill, Chet Williamson, Ridley Pearson and Karl Edward Wagner.