World of Hurt gathers together for the first time twenty eight short stories and novellas by the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of horror and suspense, Thomas Tessier. By turns disturbing, mysterious, harrowing and horrifying, these tales illuminate the darkness swirling on the edge of what is real and what is not -- in both the world around us and in the lives of people caught up in it. Thomas Tessier's novels and stories have defied and pushed beyond genre expectations and norms, and World of Hurt is a milestone collection of his work.

Stories included in this collection:

In the Desert of Deserts

The Vacant Lot

Evelyn Grace

The Banshee

Blanca

A Grub Street Tale

Ghost Music

La Mourante

The Infestation at Ralls

Infidel

The Woman in the Club Car

Curing Hitler

The Green Menace

In Praise of Folly

The Ventriloquist

Torching the Escalade

Food

Nocturne

Club Saudade

For No One

Lulu

If You See Me, Say Hello

In the Sand Hills

10-31-2001

I Remember Me

The Dreams of Dr. Ladybank

Scramburg, USA

Father Panic’s Opera Macabre