Monsters in the Heart

"From human individuals with an evil streak or deeply aberrant nature, to those who are simply physically wrong. From beasts of the imagination to modern myths from the big screen-- In these 15 stories representing the very best recent fiction by the writer of TV's Ghostwatch and Afterlife and the acclaimed novella Whitstable, you will meet all the things that made our childhoods terrifying -- and bearable"--Publisher's description.