The Richard Laymon Collection Volume 12: Body Rides & Bite

BITE Tick-tock, tick-tock... Sam's in the wardrobe. With a hammer in one hand, a wooden stake in the other - and a heart full of fear. It's almost midnight... Cat's on the bed. Face down and nude. Sam's former girlfriend - the only woman he's ever loved. Together they wait because... The vampire's coming! BODY RIDES Ever since the LA riots Neal has carried a pistol in his car - and tonight he needs it. He shoots a man assaulting a woman tied naked to a tree by the freeway. As a reward, Elise gives Neal a magic bracelet that enables him to step inside other people, to see through their eyes and experience their feelings. To take 'body rides'. Neal returns to check on the man he shot. But the man is not dead - he's alive and breathing vengeance. First he's going to finish the job on Elise, then he's going to butcher Neal. But this time, with the help of the bracelet, Neal can look inside his would-be killer's skull...