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Fiends

This collection's lead-off novella follows Marty, who spots the man who raped her during a movie date. Released from jail, Willy is now out to get her.

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Out on a date at the movies, Marty is horrified to see Willy, the man who broke into her house and raped her 10 years before. Now that he is out of jail, Willy is out to get Marty. Fiends is the lead-off novella in this collection of horror stories.

First published: 1997
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
Pages: 285
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Content warnings

Sexual Abuse
Sexual Violence

Missing warnings do not mean other content is absent.

Horror profile

Scary: Not rated
Creepy: Not rated
Gore: Not rated
Disturbing: Not rated
Weird: Not rated

How we calculate this

These are editorial estimates of intensity, informed by reading and review evidence, then checked before publication. They aren't star ratings, reader-vote averages or a measure of quality.

Each dimension runs from 1 (low) to 5 (exceptionally intense). A 5 is reserved for strongly consistent evidence. People experience horror differently.

Scary: Fear, tension and immediate threat.
Creepy: Unease, dread and an uncanny atmosphere.
Gore: Graphic injury, blood and bodily detail.
Disturbing: Upsetting ideas and lingering psychological impact.
Weird: Surreal, strange and reality-bending elements.

We draw a filled profile only when all five scores have been reviewed. Unrated does not mean mild. Missing scores are not estimated from genre tags or your saved taste. This profile isn't a complete content-warning guide.