DEEP COLD is a collection of nine tales by master storyteller Michael Prescott.In "Room 133," two young lovers elope in the dead of night, the girl pregnant and both of them virtually penniless. They must flee their strict and controlling parents, start a new life for themselves, but aren't sure where to run to.In "Italian Lobster," a man waiting on his date at a small-town southern diner gets a big surprise from the waitstaff and other patrons - and things quickly spiral out of control.In "Cat in the Moonlight," a man's close friend shows up on his doorstep in the wee hours of the morning, apparently injured. But the friend has a dark secret, and when he reveals the true source of the blood on his clothes, the protagonist suddenly realizes he may be in mortal danger.In "The Fortuitous Death of Dr. Alfred W. Preston," a wealthy, 19th-century logician is unjustly accused of murdering his wife. En route to the county jail, he escapes on foot, only to be bitten a short while later by a venomous snake. When he later comes to in what feels like a coffin, he realizes he was mistaken for dead, and now must find a way not only to escape his premature tomb, but to elude the authorities until he can clear his name and bring the true culprits to justice.Ranging from the macabre to the bizarre, the mournful to the poignant, all of the nine tales gathered in DEEP COLD bear the indelible mark of Mr. Prescott's unique storytelling abilities.