Paranoia Tango by Ray Garton

Some claim we are living in the “last days.” Some believe that extraterrestrials have been controlling world events for ages and now, having grown weary of us, are hitting the reset button. Others suspect that a sinister cabal has somehow wrested control from the hands of all the world powers and are steering us toward doom. The only thing everyone agrees on is this:

Something is not right. Something seems to be sucking the hope out of the world.

Hector Graham sees it in the gradual death of his hometown, Seabreeze, where he was born and grew up, where he married and raised a son. He sees it in the arrival at night of strange children who go door to door, demanding to be let inside. For some, the children bear gifts . . . but they come with a terrible price.

Jeff Duggins sees it in the sudden disappearance of an online friend known as Lizard Man. Jeff and his friend Darryl take a road trip to Sacramento to check up on Lizard Man and make sure he’s okay. They are concerned because he’s been making some strange claims about a pet iguana that has grown to enormous size and started to talk . . . and say some scary things.

Ray Garton brings his unique brand of fear to these two novelettes of modern dread in the digital age . . . a time when nothing is as it seems and everyone has a theory about what’s really going on.

The music has begun. It’s time to dance the . . . PARANOIA TANGO.

Paranoia Tango contains two creepy stories "The Last Days of Seabreeze"
and "Lizard Man Dispatches" based on urban legend and the crazy world of conspiracy theories.
I am a sucker for creepy kids in horror, be it books, movies, or urban legends. I think it goes back to my fear of dolls as a child. So Seabreeze was my favorite  as the mist rolls in and the town is taken over by those  black eyed children that have been all the rage since the 90s.
I'm not as big a fan of conspiracy theories or reptiles but somehow when you combine them it just works. It's easy to ignore people who go on and on about Roswell and the Illuminati but I suppose if a lizard wanted to bend my ear on the subject I would sit up and take notice!
5 stars from me.
If you can get hold of a copy give it a read, mine was a limited edition copy and I'm not sure if they're still around.