Concepts are black and white. Ideas are black and white. But the world we live in is a steely gray, and along with the future and past, much remains hidden to the average person. Inside this book are chilling tales of what might have been, what could be, and what may be already. From jungles to deserts, from past to future, the people, places, and things within each story may be completely different, but each account has a collective purpose-to reveal. These short stories seek to pierce through the fog of mystery and deliver frightful messages that make even the most steadfast in their own knowledge hesitate, reflect, and ask, "What if?" These narratives are written to make you pause at that mysterious creak in your house when you know it's just you alone at home, to look over your shoulder on that moonlit walk when the sound of footsteps tracing yours reaches your ears, and take heed of the sounds surrounding you in the forest when you are at peace and think all is well: For when you take the time to peer through the enshrouding mists that veil the world and its history, you never know what you'll find staring right back at you.