Holes In The Somewhere

Holes In The Somewhere is a collection of short works by speculative fiction author Richard Brown. A single mother discovers insanity in the worst possible person. An estranged stepfather puts his life back together after divorce and depression only to lose his reunited family to a mysterious bathroom wall. Couples hiking through a forest find an entrancing, and deadly, allure in an incongruously placed bathtub. College students face the mass extinction of stars, including our own, and an unpleasant side-effect. A boy witnesses a strange dinner party in a creepy house which turns into a morbid and grotesque get-together, but adults won't believe his story. A man's distant father makes a solemn vow to his son at the last minute. A college student witnesses occult events at death scenes and seeks religious help to understand why. An elderly widower receives an indirect death threat that could lead to an innocent's murder. A group of strangers fight the spread of a fungal pandemic. A blind man inadvertently escapes an alien attack. Terrorist victims discover the truth about their mortal beliefs--and unbeliefs. A man finds meaning in the reflexive nature of love. A murderer's reflection is horrified by it's own image committing the crime and decides to do something about it.

Also included is a short essay about the author's own experience with grief following his father's passing after fighting cancer.