Over sixty dark tales of harrowing suspense pave this spiral downward into anguish, including the award winning "Under the East River." Each story darker than the one before, you'll soon find yourself in over your head.

A grieving mother involved in a horrific traffic accident must suddenly face the prospect of dying alone in "On Hampshire Grade." Trapped on the 19th floor of a collapsing building after a powerful earthquake, a young woman struggles to survive in "The Old Grey Goose." A lonely man discovers an interstellar portal and longs to step through in "Suicide at Hawthorn Tower."

In "Worm Grunting," a small boy deals with the separation of his parents, and it isn't pretty. If a passage to Hell was in the ceiling above your bed, what would crawl through in the middle of the night? "The Corner" holds the answer. A maniacal clown seizes control in "The Center Ring." And a man desperately tries to escape his memories before they eat him alive in "The Tamerlane Bridge."

The dark energy found between the covers of Maxx's Well, A Dark Anthology of Shorts, Sketches, & My Descent Into Madness is devastatingly invigorating. It drives the reader on a journey through the hidden, and often unstable, recesses of the human psyche. This terrifying collection will stoke your deepest fears, agitate your excruciating insecurities, and resuscitate your most horrifying traumas. Hold. On. Tight.