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Dare To Look—Through A Broken Window.

“Take a peek, if you dare, through this broken pane of glass. Tell me what it is you see and maybe I will disagree. What you perceive may not be, or too, may come to pass.” Step into another world with these short, dark tales of the strange and deranged. Meet seven-year-old Ronnie, who desperately hungers for the taste of cranberries; or Andre Dubois, a traveler who ignores the gypsy’s warning and ventures into the wrong neck of the woods. What happens to Nexie Wells when she’s confronted with the yesterdays that bleed into the present? And glimpse the events that led to the Mad Scotsman’s curse upon the town of Seven Troughs. This collection of ten short stories by L.F. Falconer is sure to appeal to your darker side, so come take a look. Don’t be shy. Discover for yourself what lies in wait behind the broken window.

Sneakers thudded against the pavement. Her heart pounded. The pads of the black dog's feet kept apace. Holding her broken wrist protectively against her thundering breast, she glanced back. The headlights were getting closer. They were all to be seen in the moonless pitch of the night. There was no question who was coming. She stumbled. Instinctively, both hands came down to break her fall. The jagged agony of her wrist speared up through her shoulder, overshadowing the raw scrapes suddenly gouged into her knees. Tears burned down her cheeks as she crawled off the road, bringing the injured arm back up against her breast. The headlights loomed closer. Behind her, she could hear the dog panting. She continued to crawl....