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About Beautiful Ugly: And Other Weirdness (Unabridged)

Eleven bizarre short stories from the mad mind of Thomas S. Flowers ranging from Cronenberg-styled body horror to John Carpenter-inspired dark science fiction. Stories include:

"Gone": A UFO crashes on a family farm setting in motion events that will lead to tragic results. "Happiness": A peculiar salesman comes to Happiness, Texas with nothing but an scarlet suit and a briefcase, and the ability to resurrect the dead...but his services come at a cost. "The Abigail": A crack-whip special tactics squad investigates a supposedly derelict spaceship only to find that some things are better left alone. "Ultrasound": Soon-to-be parents face their worst nightmare come true. "The Witch of Staunton County": Zealots find that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. "Marrow": A homeless man is introduced to a secret Order with curious appetites. "The Ascension of Henry Porter": With a prognosis grim as his, Henry will do whatever it takes to cheat death...but as the saying goes, there are worst things than dying. "Apocalypse Meow": Jill always hated cats. Now weird glowing strays are invading her town. "The Foree Farm Massacre": He came home from war with a curse. Now the townspeople will learn just how dangerous he really is. "Beautiful Ugly": Martin wanted nothing but for the world to see him as he truly was. Beautiful. Exotic. To be seen as Martha. But when he attempts the impossible at the promise of a strange doctor, what people see is not him at all, but a monster. "The Philosopher": Even in a nuclear-eradicated world populated by mutants, the truth must be heard.