Shadows and Light: To Benefit Women's Aid

by Andrew Scorah, Andrew Vachss, Graham Masterton

37 stories from authors around the world. Coming together to aid the key UK charity Women’s Aid. Stories from some of the best in indie publishing around the world today, as well as a couple of big names. The tales within range from horror, noir, crime to a bit of Sci Fi and romance thrown in, all for your entertainment while helping make a difference and furthering the awareness of domestic abuse.

SHADOWS & LIGHT
A Ballard Tale
Andrew Scorah

Placebo
ANDREW VACHSS

The Battered Wife
Graham Masterton

QUITS.
SEUMAS GALLACHER

THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW
DAVID EDGERLEY GATES

Daylight.
Kevin Holton

THE SAME OLD STORY
by Keith Dixon

WILLIAMS OF THE YARD
IN THE FOXBOROUGH CASE
By Andrew Peters

The Deaths of Andrea Ford
By
David Monk

Across the River
A Story by Samuel Dickens

THE DARE
By
Juliet B Madison

THE OTHER WIFE
~ By Absolutely*Kate

The Last Girl on Earth.
K.A. Hambly

The Summer of Penny Walsh
By Frank Sonderborg

Finding The Phoenix
By
Caitlin O’Connor

Black-Eyed Susan
By Thomas Pluck

The Blues Detective
The Affair of the Precious Packages
Andrew Peters

All Mine
By George Beck

Ruby Pendant
By Melissa Dougherty

Emily’s Valentine
Gerry McCullough

Killing in the Name of
Aidan Thorn

The Princess
The Fox & The Crow
William Rose

The Scent of Pancakes
By Tina Bausinger

The Man Behind the Curtain
By
Paul D Brazill

Doreen’s Tomorrows
by Gay Ingram

East Meets West
By
Jane Morris

THE VISIT

by Dana Wright

Heaven’s Scar
By
Caitlin O’Connor

Jane Unbound
By Kerry E.B. Black

Ellie
By Marie Bishop

LITTLE BROTHER
By
Cath Bore

Almost Christmas
by
Rayna L. Stiner

Floorboard Hoofbeats
By
Cass McMain

AN IRISH STORY
By
Roderick Craig Low

Accounts Payable
By
Hector Duarte Jr.

Through Two Unblackened Eyes
Linda Bonney Olin

359 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2014

About the author

ANDREW SCORAH
(1965-2018) Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire but moved to Swansea, Wales in 1999. His writing has appeared in Action Pulse Pounding Tales vols 1 & 2 alongside best selling thriller authors Matt Hilton, Stephen Leather, Adrian Magson, Zoe Sharpe and Joe McCoubrey. Having been raised on a diet of seventies and eighties Pulp Fiction, and no he does not mean the film, books like The Destroyer series, Mac Bolan, et al,He intended his work to reflect those humble beginnings of his literary journey. His books are not the long drawn out War and Peace length tomes, and Andrew makes no apologies for this. He writes pure escapist fiction for the general entertainment of the mass audiences. Books that will take you out of the mundane everydayness of your life into a world of pulse pounding action and adventure, just like the old Pulp stories from back in the day. Yes there is violence,sometimes extreme, yes there is bad language, and slang, but the worlds his characters inhabit, this can be the norm. Some people will love them, some will not, it is the way the world revolves, different strokes for different folks. All you need to do is sit back buckle up and enjoy the wild roller-coaster ride, then at the end you can get off and rejoin your life. Don't read too much into them, they're just for fun.

Reviews

[Robyn Cain · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is packed with well structured little gems. Although only about half way through, I am already relishing revisiting them when I have reached the last one. The ideas are very good. The characters’ come across as believable so you can connect with them. All the narrative voices are coherent, some brilliant, and I am so happy to have it in my 'to keep' collection. Regardless of your preferred genre, these tales really hit the mark. Crime is a particular favourite of mine...so I’m very happy.

I recommend this without hesitation and have given it 5* because the typos are minimal and in no way slowed the pace for me. If you’re not already into reading short stories, then why not try out this great anthology? Oh, and it is for a good cause too.

[L.F. Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although this book is an anthology, the complete book as a whole compels me to give it five stars because it was such a delight to read. ALL of the authors featured between the covers of this book have done an amazing job with their writings, such that I am hard pressed to single out even one as better or worse than the others. Likewise, I found that every story from every single author left me wanting more. The fact that the proceeds are going towards such a noble cause is icing on the cake. Well done Andrew Scorah, and good luck to the Women's Aid Organization. I hope you find the funding to continue your very much needed work.