In ten thrilling stories, lonely young women lost in the confines of modernity are forced to confront the price of human connection through brushes with everyday fears.

In London, an American student lives next door to unimaginable horrors in “The Couple in 2B.”

A successful actress is stalked by a former classmate in “Daisy Bell.”

And in “This Time Tomorrow,” a writer is invited on a weekend getaway by a coworker and her charismatic older boyfriend.

With the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock and introspection of Rod Serling, the heart of these and This Time Tomorrow’s other tales lies in Eleanor Wells’ exploration of the aftermath of sorrow, when the sun rises and life must go on.

Shannon Cleary