The tales here cover every corner of dark fiction, from the time-warped noir of "Dirty Coppers" to the blood-red west of "The Custer Files." But it's in traditional horror that he really ups the ante. The particulars may seem familiar at first--the rainy-day child murders in "Roses and Raindrops," the allegedly cursed lighthouse in "Widow's Point"--but readers will be surprised at how quickly they're hooked and shocked at how the stories wend their way to unexpected conclusions. Chizmar has a genuine gift for undermining expectations and infusing the widely known tropes of the genre with fresh power