The Hanged Man

From bestselling storyteller Orson Scott Card comes a collection of eleven chilling tales that provoke the dreaded dark side of the listener's imagination. ***Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory***A sinful man finally faces his conscience in the form of a baby-like creature that haunts his waking hours. ***Quietus***Dying can be a difficult thing to come to terms with. ***Deep Breathing Exercises***A man realizes that people who breathe together die together. ***Fat Farm***A wealthy, overweight man tries to escape his overeating problem by getting himself cloned and transferring his memories into the clone. ***Closing the Timelid***Using a time travel machine, available only to the wealthy, a thrill-seeking playboy discovers a way to experience the excitement of death without actually dying. ***Freeway Games***To pass the time, Stanley plays freeway "following" games, and each person he follows dies trying to escape him. But one day, he meets his match and the chase is on! ***A Sepulchre of Songs***Having lost both her arms and legs in an accident, a girl begins talking with an alien from outer space. ***Prior Restraint***If the Censorship Board takes an interest in your writing, take it as a compliment and do what they say … or face the consequences. ***The Changed Man and the King of Words***Joe develops a computer system based on literary references that can make frighteningly accurate character interpretations, then he submits his parents to the test. ***Memories of My Head***A man writes a letter in his own blood shortly after blowing his head off with a shotgun. ***Lost Boys***In the story that became the acclaimed horror novel, a child having trouble adjusting to a new town withdraws into a mysterious computer game where he meets imaginary friends.