There are well-lit doors we pass through every day, ordinary entrances and exits leading to and from the mundane. So too are there hidden, secret doors leading to odd places not on any map. Some lead to chaotic, slippery halls, others to rigid and cruel alcoves. These stygian doorways, much like the namesake river of the dead, are only entrances. Once they are passed there is no going back, the consequences permanent and merciless. These are the stories of five such doors.
A flashing neon city with a hungry, dark heart calls its most curious visitors down to its black pits.
A hidden neighborhood whose doors only open once a century. A group of bickering sisters play games within games.
Music pushes a man to the breaking point. His memory may hold the key if only he can negotiate its labyrinth of revolving doors.
And, perhaps most ominously, when there are no doors one can always be made.
Contains the short stories: SWINE CITY, THE CENTURY COVEN, DEVIL MUSIC, HER SPIRAL CITY, and CINEMA DELICTI.
