Join freelance journalist and Gothic Fiction author, B. Lorenzo Buckinchere, in his debut publication, The Buckinchere Collection of short stories. An anthology of six suspenseful short stories exploring themes of existentialism, and the macabre.

• The hermit next door

(A man tells his friends the story of one of his mysterious former neighbors, an elderly lady who never left her apartment.)

• Scenario for a jacket

(An expectant mother tends to harbor male company, much to her husband's dismay. He soon begins questioning their baby's paternity.)

• A rather unconventional breadwinner

(A Mexican woman dances professionally to support her family. But she soon begins to feel overwhelmed as she fears they are becoming too dependent on her.)

• The Brentforde Chronicles: Blood Covenant

(A medieval serf has a startling epiphany after he becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle.)

• Bloodsport

(A hedonistic male suitor gradually finds that he has become a social pariah.)

• Secrets of the forbidden fruit

(The story of Adam and Eve is re-imagined with a plot twist you never saw coming.)