It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by W. Paul Ganley in April 1993.

The copyright statement of the Necon edition states that it "incorporates the author's final revisions and should be regarded as definitive."

The pieces were originally published from 1986-1991 in various speculative fiction magazines and anthologies.

Amantia, writing in Library Journal, found the collection "[d]isappointing," noting that "[t]hese horror tales aim for disquiet rather than terror, but they evoke neither subtle unease nor even a grosser case of the shivers.

Many of the stories open promisingly, and with an interesting premise, but the carry-through just isn't there.