A scissor-wielding serial killer nicknamed "The Snipper" by the local news media for his trademark of dismembering his victims; a defamed journalist who finds himself on the run from a bloodthirsty mob after facing a series of allegations; a fractured coven infested with snake worms struggles to master its special talent to present at an over-the-top telethon; a network of corporations, including a sinister pharmaceutical company, conspires to not only control the entire world but also the human mind; a power-hungry political candidate who will do anything to win an upcoming election even if it means contributing to the extinction of the human race; a struggling addict desperately searches for answers into her sister's mysterious death after recovering from a recent overdose on a street drug called "pixie dust" these are just a few of the protagonists and antagonists from an incongruous cast of characters whose stories ultimately collide in the final act, ext. 7, which will provoke the inevitable question. . . "What is Midnight World?"Dalivia Plaut is the author of the debut novel, Cut From Darkness, a collection of four novellas that delve deep inside the human psyche and explore the monsters that cower within. She lives in Loganson, West Virginia, with her cat named Poe.