The Dark at the Heart of the Diamond

A vampire's latest victim is not what she seems. A hospital patient lives in terror of the destruction his dreams will bring. A musician is haunted by a fatal love song. There is more to this world than the papers' headlines reveal. Sylvia Shults takes you on a journey through the darker side of life. These stories explore the hidden reaches of the mind, and calls forth the monsters that can lie waiting in the shadows. "Sylvia Shults is the princess of darkness, a mistress of malevolent miracles...and her lean, mean prose will keep your nightlight on well past your bedtime. Highly recommended." -- Jay Bonansinga, New York Times bestselling author of THE WALKING DEAD: RISE OF THE GOVERNOR, PINKERTON'S WAR, and THE SINKING OF THE EASTLAND "Price of Admission is beautifully composed, brilliantly executed. Sylvia Shults plays upon the English language like a master musician on a fine-tuned instrument." -- Andrea Jones, award-winning author of HOOK & JILL