Frozen suicides, gunshot victims and shredded corpses. What the hell is going on in Shilsville? And what are the Little Men? Two men investigate: Dave Renfield, a Native American detective, and Nick Guggenheim, a retired old cop. A combination of tough youth and grizzled dedication. What begins as a series of baffling deaths evolves into a desperate battle for survival against a horror the police can barely believe in. The Little Men have been unleashed and their sole purpose is to slaughter... It's kill or be killed - with the lives of an entire town hanging in the balance. A single Little Man is lightning-fast, vicious and utterly deadly... Dave and Nick face a horde of these grotesque beings. The pair emerge from one conflict wounded and exhausted, only to rush for a final lethal showdown... Can they destroy their relentless aggressors or will the town of Shilsville be exterminated in a wave of relentless carnage? 'The Little Men' is is the tenth 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)