The world has fallen to ash. Roxie has been left on her own in the ravaged remains of her city, following the detonation of a nuclear bomb. In the process of trying to stay alive and ahead of those who are pursuing her, she learns about the existence of a stadium, a place where she could possibly go and find the support and shelter she needs. She finds herself in a desperate race to get to her destination first, to reach the only thing she has left to strive for.Hope.

Wendy and Rubin are leaving for a weekend trip to spend with friends, in the small, out-of-the-way town of Winward, Colorado. But what should have been time spent reconnecting will instead become something much worse. Something has happened in Winward. An act of violence which neither Wendy nor Rubin can fully comprehend. And immediately upon arriving in town, they are drawn into a sequence of events out of their control. Their lives are about to be turned inside-out, and for an act as innocent as crossing the town line. The darkness of Winward lurks within.

What makes someone a villain? What makes a person "evil"? What drove them to their actions? Were they good once, or have they always had a heart full of darkness? See things from the other side as these 33 stories explore just what makes a villain tick. Featuring 33 stories by Steven S. Hood, Devin Lagasse, T.C. Cumberland, Jesse Weiner, Michelle Mellon, M A Smith, Alex Collingwood, Eddie D. Moore, Jesse Sprague, A.P. Sessler, Helen Mihajlovic, Lionel Ray Green, J.G. Formato, Ville Merilainen, Nicole Tanquary, J. Patton, P.J. Reed, Kristyl Gravina, Chad A. Clark, S. Locke, Jared Zygarlicke, Paul Tanner, Katherine Tomlinson, Cassandra Schoeber, Janel Brubaker, John Grover, Gerri Leen, Ezekiel Kincaid, C. E. Clayton, Josh Dygert, Michael Haynes, Elizabeth Hosang, and Joseph Aitken.

There are other worlds all around us.Every day, there are near brushes with those worlds, though we rarely know it. Sometimes, the bubbles of existence that compromise everything we know and don't know come close enough to collide. Sometimes they merge and become defined as each other. Those other worlds can be seen in the abrupt acts of violence perpetrated upon the unsuspecting. It can be as simple as the sudden, darker aspects of the people we encounter in our lives. Those other worlds can be glimpsed in the random moments of impossibility we seem fated to encounter. Our lives are constantly on the precipice of sanity and reason.As are these tales.