Renee Miller

Licking the Devil's Horn Renee Miller

Three terrifying, suspenseful stories or lust, disgust, and pain. Church: Ray is a Christian, but he loves a woman who follows a god called Zabir. Determined to save her from eternal damnation, he joins her church. Ray doesn't realize that indoctrination into the Zabian way is a process that not only breaks a man physically, it strips his identity and shatters his mind. He holds onto his faith at first, but as his prayers for mercy go unanswered, and the pain inflicted on him becomes too much to bear, the void of nothingness promises relief, and tempts Ray to do the unthinkable, even if leaves his soul as damned as the one he tried to save. Cats Like Cream: It's okay to watch. Watching hurts no one, as long as you don't touch. Elwin likes to watch. His position as star employee at a real estate agency gives him plenty of access to the homes of his clients. A camera or two hidden where no one will find it, and he can watch as often as he pleases. No one knows. No one gets hurt. But it's hard to look without touching. Touching leads to bad things. Elwin knows this, but allows himself a moment of weakness. And then another. Soon, watching isn't an option anymore. Not if Elwin wants his secrets to remain buried. Stranded: Six contestants pair off into three teams of one man and one woman as part of a pilot season for a new reality show called Stranded. The challenge: Survive thirty days in a hostile and brutal environment for a chance to split a half-million-dollar prize. Victor, the show's creator, chooses the northern Arctic as the first location, but after a single day, his mistake is clear: They are not alone. Their presence awakens a relentless and unforgiving predator that feeds on greed, lust and fear. In this game, the lucky ones get to die.