The Wishing Well: A Collection Vol. 1

Finalist for the International Latino Book Awards (Best Collection of Short Stories & Best Audiobook)

The Wishing Well is a collection of interconnected horror stories centered around an ever-changing bar and the desperate souls within. Each tale follows a different patron, driven by want, ambition, or desperation, who casts an ill-fated wish into the bar's unearthly namesake. And each discovers this well is less a cheap gimmick and more a conduit for twisted fulfillment, as they come to understand the true horror of getting exactly what you wished for.

Within these pages are tales of:

• The Monsters Within: An alcoholic loses his grip on reality as his pursuit of freedom turns into a psychological nightmare; and a combat veteran learns the inescapability of her past as the world around her burns.
• The Monsters Without: Five friends on a remote mountain lake discover there's more to the feeling of the vastness beneath your dangling legs than you could ever fear; and a snow-blind survivor finds shelter in a cabin that is not quite unoccupied.
• The Monsters of Childhood: A young boy in a religious household receives a visit on Christmas Eve from something quite unlike Santa; and a traumatized student breaks from reality into a fairytale-like fever dream when he discovers what lurks behind the door at the back of the classroom.

Crafted by award-winning author Christopher Ruiz, these tales are darkly atmospheric, uncompromising, and deeply unsettling. From creature features to psychological horrors, The Wishing Well serves a deadly blend of wishes gone wrong.