Book excerpt: Prepare yourself for a tour through the dark! Inspired by the classic Victorian penny dreadfuls, this collection of horror shorts and oddities from award-winning author S. Faxon, will take readers through cursed orchards, opium-stoked alleyways, haunted houses, and to the high-seas. With some of these stories based on real-life paranormal encounters, this book is a must-read for those who love the fanciful and unexplainable!