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Quarry: Six Tales Of Dread
WARNING: THESE STORIES INCLUDE GRAPHIC VIOLENCE AND ADULT CONTENT
Six more stories of slow-burning terror, outrageous humour, and relentless horror.
With Woodborn: Six Tales Of Unease, Tim Stevens took the macabre tale to the limits.
His new collection, Quarry: Six Tales Of Dread, goes right over the edge...
Quarry: A man awakes on a fog-shrouded road deep in the English countryside. He can't remember his name, his job, or what he's doing there. But he's aware of two things. The dead body in the driver's seat of the car that's wrapped around a nearby tree. And the entity that's not human, that's not even animal, and that's getting closer by the minute.
Deus Ex Machina: Rook, a wildly popular novelist, finished his latest guaranteed bestseller last night in a haze of coke and booze. His agent loves the manuscript but wants him to make one small change to the story. The problem is, Rook's having trouble coming up with original ideas. As the day goes on, he struggles with the drugs and the bottle and the characters in his book, determined to show them all who's boss. But perhaps he's even less in control than he realizes.
A Night In The Tower: Legend has it that nobody has survived a night in the house known as the Tower with their sanity intact, which is why the property is proving impossible to sell. McDermott, a professional debunker of alleged hauntings, is hired to dispel the myth once and for all.
The Neckrofyle: When Oliver yet again refuses to eat his greens, his mother feels compelled to invoke the most frightening threat she can think of. Oliver ignores her - at his peril...
Thumbs Of A Murderer: Kavanagh is about to be sentenced for the murders of three women. Louise was on the jury that convicted him. In the days following her discharge from service, she notices disquieting links to Kavanagh and his crimes all around her as she goes about her business. As the prospect of an intimate relationship rears its head in her life, Louise begins to wonder if she and her fellow jurors found the wrong man guilty.
Inspector Shrike Investigates: The Hartwickshire police are under pressure as never before. A series of disappearances in the genteel Edenglen Valley is causing enormous political embarrassment. While politicians and chief constables squabble, the dogged Inspector Frank Shrike is determined to get to the truth. (This story is a sequel to Dinner With The Fenbys, which appears in the anthology Woodborn: Six Tales Of Unease.)
This DRM-free edition includes a bonus appendix containing the "mini-sagas" on which two of these stories are based.
Six more stories of slow-burning terror, outrageous humour, and relentless horror.
With Woodborn: Six Tales Of Unease, Tim Stevens took the macabre tale to the limits.
His new collection, Quarry: Six Tales Of Dread, goes right over the edge...
Quarry: A man awakes on a fog-shrouded road deep in the English countryside. He can't remember his name, his job, or what he's doing there. But he's aware of two things. The dead body in the driver's seat of the car that's wrapped around a nearby tree. And the entity that's not human, that's not even animal, and that's getting closer by the minute.
Deus Ex Machina: Rook, a wildly popular novelist, finished his latest guaranteed bestseller last night in a haze of coke and booze. His agent loves the manuscript but wants him to make one small change to the story. The problem is, Rook's having trouble coming up with original ideas. As the day goes on, he struggles with the drugs and the bottle and the characters in his book, determined to show them all who's boss. But perhaps he's even less in control than he realizes.
A Night In The Tower: Legend has it that nobody has survived a night in the house known as the Tower with their sanity intact, which is why the property is proving impossible to sell. McDermott, a professional debunker of alleged hauntings, is hired to dispel the myth once and for all.
The Neckrofyle: When Oliver yet again refuses to eat his greens, his mother feels compelled to invoke the most frightening threat she can think of. Oliver ignores her - at his peril...
Thumbs Of A Murderer: Kavanagh is about to be sentenced for the murders of three women. Louise was on the jury that convicted him. In the days following her discharge from service, she notices disquieting links to Kavanagh and his crimes all around her as she goes about her business. As the prospect of an intimate relationship rears its head in her life, Louise begins to wonder if she and her fellow jurors found the wrong man guilty.
Inspector Shrike Investigates: The Hartwickshire police are under pressure as never before. A series of disappearances in the genteel Edenglen Valley is causing enormous political embarrassment. While politicians and chief constables squabble, the dogged Inspector Frank Shrike is determined to get to the truth. (This story is a sequel to Dinner With The Fenbys, which appears in the anthology Woodborn: Six Tales Of Unease.)
This DRM-free edition includes a bonus appendix containing the "mini-sagas" on which two of these stories are based.
69 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 8, 2012
About the author
Tim Stevens
30 books57 followersI'm British born but grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently I live near London with my wife and daughters, where I work as a doctor in the National Health Service. Ratcatcher is my debut novel.
My blog, Thrillhound, is here:
http://timstevensblog.wordpress.com/
My blog, Thrillhound, is here:
http://timstevensblog.wordpress.com/
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