After her husband's untimely death, Charlene Baker, mother of three teenagers, is informed by her attorney that she and the children will receive no inheritance. Everything will go to her husband's brother that she hates and despises. Charlene is forced to submit to his demands. Her and her two teenage daughters become family pawns along with other events that take place in their lives.
A story in the Dark Tales Universe
This is an unusual story, told entirely in the first person, as if a gal is narrating her experiences to somebody else. Of how she went from being a Disco Queen, to a vampire.
A Country Boy, City Girl Story Xav, Lifter, Leo, Picker, and Dozer were high school buddies who made their own little biker gang in the 1970's. But they are older now, and Xav has found a new way to pay for their life of bikes and parties.
A mother and son try to cope as they are experimented upon. This story refers to another author's story as a sort of tip of the hat, but reading that story is not necessary to understand this one.
Some people can lose their inhibitions without taking anything. In this story a newlywed wife only needs a couple of drinks, the right manipulation and she will do anything to anyone anytime and anywhere.