The intricacies of chess meet the matchless Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. Stories of doors, of passages, of patterns. Squares and threats, moves and counter-moves. Forbidden knowledge and cosmic horrors. ... Two young lovers and the hand that plays them ... A man trapped with an unwholesome companion uncovers the secret of a cosmic struggle ... A professor and his protege find themselves pawns on an ancient chessboard ... A young Soviet boy's chess match holds the fate of his nation in the balance ... A battered woman seeks safety in a shelter, only to find there might be no safety anywhere Let these five guides to the grotesque lead you into the dank depths of their imagination ... where the monsters lurk.

JUST AN INNOCENT LITTLE CAMPING TRIP... Andy and Joe became friends in junior high. Ever since, they have been an inseparable duo, until they both fell for Jackie. And Joe got her. Andy has been nursing a secret, desperate obsession with Jackie from the moment she walked into his life. When a mysterious stranger appears, promising the fulfillment of Andy's deepest, darkest desires, Andy is faced with an impossible choice. A choice he cannot refuse.