"UnCommon Evil brings you 20 of the most horrifying stories our deviant authors' minds can conceive. From the monster under your bed, to the very real reason for that oily sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, our UnCommon Authors bring you a whole new way of looking at the true nature of evil."--Back cover.

"Since the fall of Tenochtitlan, the Mexican people have whispered her name. Navajo tales have forever warned of her threat. And along the vast Rio Grande, she has claimed many victims. La Llorona, the wailing woman, searches our rivers for her children and cries out, "Ay mis hijos... Donde estan mis hijos?" Yet, she can never find them. She freed them from this world long ago. Children avoid the river at night, wayward men dread her vengeance and...

Two people--aspiring filmmaker Elijah and thirteen-year-old tutor Suzy--are invited to a largely deserted hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, to make a film about reclusive horror author Jack Axford, and tutor his son Danny. But the situation is not as expected: Jack is suffering from early onset dementia, and, convinced that his books have released evil, is trying to buy up and destroy them as well as the hotel he lives in. But nobody is quite what they...

"After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a "weeping woman"--a professional mourner--sobbing inconsolably at a funeral. Mako changes afterward--she can't stop crying! In another tale, having decided to die together, a couple enters Aokigahara, the infamous suicide forest. What is the shocking otherworldly torrent that they discover there? One of horror's greatest talents, Junji Ito beckons readers to join him in an...