How far will a mother go to protect her infant child? Marcie Hall is a victim of the recession and now lives in a creepy old house in a run-down area of town. She hates the house, the street outside and her unfriendly neighbours - and she's very afraid at night. Her greatest joy is her four-month-old baby Nicola. While her husband is away at work, she cares for her beloved child and works from home to add to their meagre income... A frantic knocking on her front door heralds the arrival of the Cold Callers - and a night of harrowing terror begins for the mother and her baby. Marcie finds the house under siege by creatures than are neither human nor animal... Creatures with horrific intent... Marcie is outnumbered and her attackers are stronger, faster and vicious. Her greatest weapon is her own maternal instinct - her frantic need to keep Nicola from harm. To have any hope of saving her baby, Marcie will have to overcome her fears and fight with greater courage than she ever realised she possessed. Can love and desperation defeat savage, malignant evil? This is the eleventh in the series of Short Horror Tales - quick reads written to captivate the reader with thrills, chills and unexpected twists. Reviews from this author's horror releases: "...thoroughly spooky, enticing and well written from start to finish." "...great... I could feel the fear..." "...shows true mastery of the short horror story... a wildly imaginative antagonist unlike anything I've read before... a quick, captivating read full of horror and thrills. The tense action and suspense of Glancing Blow make it incredibly hard to put down..." (Glancing Blow - Short Horror Tales #1) "...When the blood starts to splatter, Nigel's day gets really rough. Thompson has devised a brilliantly brutal creature to sic on his leading man. Creative and twisted, the monster is a total terror... Hooker is an absolutely insane, blood-pumping ride... With a wicked cool monster and a page-turning climax, this is one Creature Feature you won't want to miss out on..." (Hooker - Short Horror Tales #2) "Great short story..." (Ignition Source - Short Horror Tales #4) "...well-written, descriptive and enthralling page-turner, that's not for the faint-hearted... The twists and turns kept me on the edge of my seat..." (God Of War) "...extremely well written and very dark. The author did a great job of creating a palpable sense of doom that surrounds the main character from the beginning, and then creating more tension and horror as the story went on..." (Into The Hole)