"The Second City is second to none when it comes to terror. From H.H. Holmes, America's first serial killer, to the Jane Byrne Interchange at rush hour, there's an ill wind blowing through the Windy City. In this new anthology, nineteen stories by nineteen authors from the Chicago area take you on a bloodcurdling tour of the best city in the world"--Page 4 of cover

Editor's note --

Saint maker / by Cynthia Pelayo -- Lucky charms / by Sandra Jackson-Opoku -- Notes from the Dunning Asylum / by Aleco Julius -- The papergirl / by RL Gehringer -- The last graveyard shift at the Englewood Branch / by Tara Betts -- Pedal to the floor into darkness / by K.A. Roy -- Lowest Wacker / by Christopher Hawkins -- All you are is bright and clear / by Bendi Barrett -- The river's revenge / by Jen Mierisch -- Just another Friday night in Bucktown / by Lauren Emily Whalen -- Lives matter / by Jotham Austin II -- The Avalon haint / by Tina Jenkins Bell -- A good kid / by Nick Medina -- Endless, nameless / by C. J. Subko -- The house with blue shutters / by Sahar Mustafah -- Body cam / by TJ Cimfel -- Feed the monster evil / by K. Saab -- Li'l Flubber / by Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. -- The battle of forgotten prairie / by Priya Chand