N. : The story stars Johnny, Charlie, and Sheila. Johnny and Sheila were siblings, but Johnny, Charlie, and Johnny were best friends. They are now adults and Sheila tells Charlie of Johnny's suicide. Johnny was a psychiatrist, and he worked with a man who will be known as "N" throughout the story. N is an accountant and tells of how he enjoys photography, so one day he goes to the top of a hill in "Ackerman's Fields." There is a KEEP OUT sign however N goes in anyway. He finds eight stones in a circular pattern, however he looks again and sees 7 stones and inside the circle were beasts and human-like creatures. N looked through with the camera and the eighth stone returned. That was when N started to gain OCD. He touched, he counted, and placed almost everything he came across. N goes back several times and concludes that there is an evil being named Cthun who is trying to get out of the stones. N found that by touching every other stone he could contain Cthun. N became weary and tired then commited suicide, hoping that no one would look at the stones again causing what he went through. Johnny goes up to Ackerman's Fields to convince himself that the placed N talked of was imaginary and the same thing happens to him. Johnny started counting, touching, and instead balancing. Soon Johnny began to realize that N was right and that Cthun was coming. The only way to make sure the eighth stone stayed was to make sure that human eyes would never look at the stones directly. Sheila was instructed to burn the records of N's and Johnny's meetings, she instead read the stories and later committed suicide the same way Johnny did. (By jumping off a bridge near Ackerman's Field.) In the end Charlie finishes the story and decides himself to see why his friends would commit suicide.

I find to really enjoy these short stories. They are dark so I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who has a heart of gold. All of the stories are unique and one of a kind. But I would like to see some sequels! Some of the stories I wish I could've seen what happened next after it said The End. But just because the stories are dark doesn't mean they all have dark endings, though most of them do. Each of these stories have an element of surprise! The stories aren't just made of horror either, they can be placed in several different categories. So overall, great collection of stories, and these stories should have sequels! ( )