Empathy — Kealan Patrick Burke

It begins with an email containing a link to a video that has to be seen to be believed. A video so horrific it stays in the mind long after it has been watched. And once it finds its way inside your mind, only then does the true nightmare begin. From Bram Stoker Award-winning author Kealan Patrick Burke comes a terrifying story of supernatural horror and violence for the digital generation."In this exceptionally well-developed story, a man is so emotionally scarred by watching a torture scene on the internet (just out of curiosity), that he can't stop envisioning the visceral scene playing out again and again, especially on his family. Burke effectively gets us inside the mind of the haunted and obsessed, as the protagonist's nightmares seep progressively into his waking life. It's certainly worthy of an award for best scary novella of the year." - Michael Arnzen, The Goreletter"Well crafted and disquieting" - Hank Wagner, Horror World