The Winter Beast and other tales

Five stories of horror and dark fantasy by James R. Sanford. In "The Winter Beast," a Russian aristocrat's oath casts him into a living nightmare with a creature he cannot fight. Also in this collection: "The God Stone," "Blood Bond," "A Family Tradition," and "The Exalted."Five stories of horror and dark fantasy by James R. Sanford:The Winter Beast - In the wake of Napoleon's invasion, a Russian aristocrat's oath casts him into a living nightmare with a creature he cannot fight.The God Stone - Two children play a game with an ancient power.Blood Bond - A princess in medieval India must confront her brother's dark secret when she tries to rescue him from an evil alchemist.A Family Tradition - A man's father has set him to a lifetime task of murder.The Exalted - A man goes in search of his mother's foreign kin and finds that they are not quite human.