Strange Highways By Dean R. Koontz

Strange Highways is a collection of 12 short stories and two novels by best-selling American suspense author Dean Koontz, released in May 1995. Four of the stories are revised from their originals. A British edition of the book (without the novel Chase) was previously issued by Headline in April 1995. Featured stories "Strange Highways": a failed author returns to his hometown after many years to attend his father's funeral, only to find himself suddenly and inexplicably thrust back through time to relive a traumatic event from his past. "The Black Pumpkin": a twelve year old boy tries to stop his cruel brother from buying a black pumpkin from a creepy pumpkin carver. "Miss Attila the Hun" "Down in the Darkness": after a couple buys a new house, the husband discovers a mysterious door that leads to a dark cellar. "Ollie's Hands": a young man with extraordinary psychic abilities and his tragic attempt to pursue a relationship with a woman whose life he saves. "Snatcher": a purse snatcher steals a purse from a strange old woman, only to find that he's made a terrible mistake. "Trapped": a woman and her son trying to fend off an attack by giant, mutated rats. "Bruno": a private eye and a "probability cop" from another dimension hunt down a dangerous alien. "We Three": three siblings with special powers eliminate the rest of mankind "Hardshell": a wounded cop stalks a killer through an abandoned warehouse, but there's more to this seemingly stereotypical situation than meets the eye. "Kittens": the first short story Koontz ever sold. A girl learns the truth about God "taking her kittens to Heaven", and she decides to get even. "The Night of the Storm": a group of intelligent robots go on a hunting trip in the woods, where they learn that the myth of "human beings" may not be a myth after all. "Twilight of the Dawn": a devout atheist who finds his lack of faith challenged in the wake of his son's painful death from cancer. "Chase"