From the dark imagination of Templeton Caine comes ten tales of horror and science fiction inspired by everyday idioms. Within these pages, meet Isabell Johnson, a precocious young girl who finds an injured crow after a storm and learns that A Bird in Hand is worth more than two in the bush. In the tale Look Before You Leap, discover a distant future in which three colonists learn how dangerous it is to make assumptions in space. Fall into madness with a man off his meds in Knock on Wood. Brave the grotesque horror of A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma with detective Hyatt as he investigates a gruesome murder beyond his understanding. Then dive into five more tales of terror, crime, and pain with:

An Ounce of Prevention
You Catch More Flies with Honey
Out of the Frying Pan
Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
In the Land of the Blind…

And finally, To Shed This Mortal Coil,
a poem about the end.

This Hardcover edition has eight full color images by three different artists at the beginning of eight of the ten stories.