the Mirror Trap: Stories of Rot, Ritual, and Functionaries Evil

Some nightmares wear a human face. Others are buried beneath the city, waiting to be fed.In The Mirror Trap, a Hollywood studio hides a terrible secret. A mortician tries to preserve his bride at any cost. A grieving father finds himself haunted by the physical embodiment of his daughter's illness.This is horror where obsession turns grotesque, grief takes on a life of its own, and the human body becomes something to fear.Inside this collection, you'll find cosmic noir, body horror and psychological terror, from the decaying glamour of 1954 Hollywood to the quiet rooms where death should have the final word.Featuring "Vitreous Abyssal," the Bram Stoker Award-nominated short story, The Mirror Trap is for readers who like their horror strange, disturbing and hard to forget.Open the book. Look into the mirror. See what looks back. Praise for M.G. Phillips "Phillips views the ultimate horror not as the creature in the dark, but as the systematic organization that feeds it, masterfully transforming personal tragedy into a collective toll."