Give heed to predictions of impending apocalypse! DARK MATTERS: ABSENCES presents two stories in which unexpected loss signals the imminent end of the world we hold dear.
In "The lines, the trees, the cliffs, the eaves", catch four glimpses of a world in which one little thing – or, rather, billions of them – has gone away and changed us all forever. And in "The Blade", see how the pain that is unleashed by a dying world is as nothing next to that which we inflict upon ourselves.
DARK MATTERS is a speculative fiction ebook series featuring themed pairs of fantasy, science fiction or horror stories with an oppressive edge. These are stories that step out from the light, where only the dark matters...
Andrew Leon Hudson is a technical writer by day, and is technically a writer by night as well. An Englishman resident in Barcelona, Spain, his short fiction has been published in a variety of genre anthologies and zines, most recently in Triangulation: Dark Skies and Cossmass Infinities. He is co-author of the swashbuckling alt-hist novel Archipelago, and co-editor of the SFFWorld.com anthology series. Anything else you've heard is speculation at best. For links and news, visit AndrewLeonHudson.Wordpress.com