From Elsewhere: Six Tales of Unearthly Visitors

by Mark Knight

Ghosts? Angels? Aliens? This collection of short tales concerns entities which could be any of these. Could they really exist? Or are they only part of our imagination?About the stories…“Them”. Captured. Studied. Humiliated. A story of alien abduction from the victim's point of view.“The Long View” concerns one woman’s reflections on the life she has left behind. But is all as it seems?“The Hearing” explores what happens when a guardian angel is put on trial.“Forbidden” is a story about the most illicit of love affairs – the secret passion between an angel and a demon. “The Foundling”. Who or what exactly has appeared on the doorstep an old woman’s cottage in Ireland? Abandoned child, or something else? From Elsewhere also features “Grey Eyes In Silver”, where a discarded mirror brings more than just everyday reflections.

52 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 7, 2013

About the author

Mark Knight grew up in Massachusetts, USA, and wrote his first novel at the age of 16. Settling in the UK, Mark continued to write stories of differing genres, including horror and television scripts. As well as working as a scriptwriter for children's television, Mark has scripted two horror speculative screenplays for Hollywood’s Little Slices of Death production company and one for Illusion Studios for which he has signed an Option Agreement.

Mark has won several short story competitions, and has had his work featured in published anthologies. Mark now concentrates on Young Adult urban fantasy novels.

Reviews

[Brenda Seaberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

I truly enjoyed this book. It wasn't at all what I would have thought. There were nice little twists with each of the short stories. I think my favorite was The Hearing, which I have actually recapped when speaking with some of my friends about it - a courtroom setting with a trial between a man (the plaintiff) and his guardian angel (the defendant). Very intriguing little tales, that I would thoroughly recommend. Also I look forward to reading other books by Mark Knight.

[Christina Stathopoulos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pleasantly surprised, decent collection of short stories. My favorites are Forbidden and Grey Eyes in Silver. Do not let the cover dissuade you from reading - I thought it was going to be alien short stories but most are just about other 'beings' and how they impacted the lives of the protagonists. Short collection and easy to read.