Steph Minns

Death. A permanent end. Termination of life. Some embrace death as if reuniting with a long-missing old friend. Others fear it, try to outwit it, hide from it. And then there are those who are fascinated by it, mesmerized by it, chasing it down, taunting it, challenging it. In Ink Stains, Volume 1, eight authors explore death in all its facets in a collection of short stories that range from fantastical to gritty to supernaturally creepy. Join them in a journey through the darker side of fiction. Ink Stains, Volume 1 features stories by Michelle K. Bujnowski, Eddie Cantrell, John S. McFarland, Steph Minns, A. O'Neal Tamela J. Ritter, Aaron Vlek, and J. S. Watts.

When a series of grisly murders takes place across London, all young women marked with a mysterious symbol, Detective Sue McKentee is assigned to the case. She soon realizes, however, that there is a paranormal element to the deaths when a dark entity in the form of a Victorian gentlemen wearing a top hat starts to appear to her. Transgender psychic, Alison Graves, is reluctantly drawn in to help solve the case, facing her own personal demons along the way as she finally confronts the possessing entity that drives the killer.