Scary stories told at night are full of dark questions. Who built a house a hundred years ago in which ghosts now live? What does the creature in the basement do with them if the ghosts do not fulfill their promises? What are the stakes in their card game? From Who is hiding behind a man named Vinny, who shares a basement with the creature? And what is Detective Doppler hiding? All the answers lie in the past. Here the secrets are a tangle of snakes. Pull one by the tail and the fatal weave will unravel... but a poisonous bite cannot be avoided.