Cold & Damp

She calls him every few years, asking if she can come around and take a shower at his place. They'll end up in the shower together, relearning one another's bodies. Over the years, he tries to get her to talk, but all she wants to do is take a shower with him, before disappearing again.
About the Author
Steve Rasnic Tem's last novel, Blood Kin (Solaris, 2014) won the Bram Stoker Award. His next novel, UBO (Solaris, January 2017) is a dark science fictional tale about violence and its origins, featuring such historical viewpoint characters as Jack the Ripper, Stalin, and Heinrich Himmler. He is also a past winner of the Bram Stoker, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards for his short fiction. A handbook on writing, Yours To Tell: Dialogues on the Art & Practice of Writing, written with his late wife Melanie, will appear early in 2017 from Apex Books.


Genre: Fantasy