cover image Suspicions: 25 Dark and Disturbing Stories

Suspicions: 25 Dark and Disturbing Stories

Elizabeth Engstrom. TripleTree Publishing, $16.95 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-9666272-9-9

Elizabeth Engstrom (Lizzie Borden, etc.) has selected 25 stories most previously published from her 20-year writing career and gathered them up in Suspicions, a spooky collection of tales inspired by the author's questions and theories about death, sex, government, technology, family and the unknown. The characters, places and even genres vary widely: while ""Fates Entwined"" leans toward erotica, for example, ""Rivering"" is a fantastical tale of a woman who fishes for souls, and ""Romana"" reveals a basic love triangle with a paranormal twist.