Empties

In this nightmarish tale, a third-rate detective is faced with an impossible crime, as bodies are turning up without their brains and without any indication of how the organs were removed. His only leadan attractive landladybecomes more than a lead and drives him into a world of terror, where his sanity is questioned and he must stop the monster before she does more evil.Or should he join her? Does he even have a choice, or will he just be driven by terror?

George Zebrowski is the author of Macrolife, chosen by the Library Journal as one of the 100 best science fiction novels, and Stranger Suns, selected by The New York Times as a notable book of the year. He has published more than 200 works of short fiction, articles, and essays, which have appeared in Amazing Stories, Bertrand Russell Society News, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nature, Omni Magazine, and Science Fiction Age. His short fiction has been nominated for the Nebula Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.  He lives in Delmar, New York.