Read by David Birney

This first volume in a five-volume anthology of Orson Scott Card's short stories features eleven chilling tales that provoke the dreaded dark side of the reader's imagination A sinful man finally faces his conscience in the form of a baby-like creature that haunts his waking hours. A thrill-seeking playboy uses a time machine to experience the excitement of death without actually dying. A child having trouble adjusting to a new town withdraws into a mysterious computer game, where he meets imaginary friends who have the same names as boys who have recently gone missing. Stories include: Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory, Quietus, Deep Breathing Exercises, Fat Farm, Closing the Timelid, Freeway Games, A Sepulchre of Songs, Prior Restraint, The Changed Man and the King of Words, Memories of My Head, and Lost Boys

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