This is a collection of six stories. Each story deals with the idea of a legend in a contemporary setting. The stories are fairly scary and not for the squeamish. The stories are as follows:The Mantis Woman - Title character collects heads and turns them into dolls for her own secret purpose.Zenda's Family Hell - A strange family moves into the neighborhood and begins exacting their own form of justice on the locals.Koala is watching - A twist on the evil teddy bear story has a haunted stuffed koala terrorizing young girls.The water beckons - Fear of not knowing how to swim can unleash other horrors at a haunted pool.Hell's gumball machine - The title device grants wishes, but not in expected ways.Snake boy - A wealthy family owes its fortune to the title character, but fear paying the cost.Very good stories. I look forward to more from this author.