The Cells of Terror consists of twenty-four stories, all very short, scientifically formulated, about the cells that are the origin of terror--which is to say, about a few of the key situations that sow in the hearts of human beings the monstrous seed of terror. As told by a variety of narrators whose perspective is both unflinching and darkly humorous, these tales encompass the visceral, the metaphysical, and the political in horror.