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Staring Into Darkness
Dark and instantly compelling tales you won’t be able to put down!
What are you afraid of? You might just find it here in this book.
Come, take a walk with me. This won't be an easy journey and it might even hurt, but you need to see what's at the end. Take my hand, I'll lead you, but be warned, the path is dark and these stories have teeth.
On this dark and eerie trip through a forest of nightmare fears, you can't stop the delightfully diabolical stories that transform the everyday into the horrific.
13 items for your reading pleasure that take things as simple and banal as a yard sale find, two brothers enjoying a beer together, and even a family dinner on Thanksgiving and drag them straight through hell. Hold on tight, keep your eyes open, and try not to scream . . . it makes them more hungry.
˃˃˃ From the award winning author of Macabre Menagerie comes another group of disturbing stories you won't be able to put down! Scroll up and grab a copy today.165 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 18, 2016
About the author
C.L. Clark
6 books112 followersAs far as genres go, I enjoy writing Ghost Mysteries (my heroine sees and helps them, but she isn't one) and Psychological Thrillers (the kind that cause a person to become a little paranoid) with a dash of Twilight Zone style short stories. My fingers have a mind of their own somewhere on the dark side, so sometimes even I'm surprised at what turns out.
I am also a voracious reader - so much so that I usually have more than one book going at any given time. Plus, I have the tendency to go back and re-read books that I enjoyed so much the first time. Honestly, can any true bibliophile not, at least on occasion, feel that pull to re-visit an old friend, even if it means popping back into the same part of their life they previously explored? Yes, I have also spent inordinate amounts of time pondering the possible outcomes or future dealings that my favorite characters might have continued past the pages where I first met them. With that in mind, how could I have not become a writer? In fact, I have been writing for as long as I can remember - poems, uplifting notes, a play or two, newspaper articles, short stories, novellas, and now novels. Some things have been well received and others not so much (just ask my children how they feel about the various "uplifting notes" I leave around the house for them).
With regard to actual biographical information, well, I am one of 2.3 kids who grew up on a cul-de-sac in a house without a picket fence, but plenty of animals. I moved all over the country and beyond after graduating high school, meeting all manner of people in all sorts of places. I enjoy music, scrapbooking, and making the occasional comfort food, along with my constant reading. I tend to the Twilight Zone way of thinking and the "What's your fear? Let me write about that" kind of style. Although I like to explore the dark depths of the human psyche, I am generally a happy and pleasant sort of gal.
I am also a voracious reader - so much so that I usually have more than one book going at any given time. Plus, I have the tendency to go back and re-read books that I enjoyed so much the first time. Honestly, can any true bibliophile not, at least on occasion, feel that pull to re-visit an old friend, even if it means popping back into the same part of their life they previously explored? Yes, I have also spent inordinate amounts of time pondering the possible outcomes or future dealings that my favorite characters might have continued past the pages where I first met them. With that in mind, how could I have not become a writer? In fact, I have been writing for as long as I can remember - poems, uplifting notes, a play or two, newspaper articles, short stories, novellas, and now novels. Some things have been well received and others not so much (just ask my children how they feel about the various "uplifting notes" I leave around the house for them).
With regard to actual biographical information, well, I am one of 2.3 kids who grew up on a cul-de-sac in a house without a picket fence, but plenty of animals. I moved all over the country and beyond after graduating high school, meeting all manner of people in all sorts of places. I enjoy music, scrapbooking, and making the occasional comfort food, along with my constant reading. I tend to the Twilight Zone way of thinking and the "What's your fear? Let me write about that" kind of style. Although I like to explore the dark depths of the human psyche, I am generally a happy and pleasant sort of gal.
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July 15, 2016
I really loved the stories in this book. From the first shocker to the sublime lover it was captivating. I also liked the He/She interactions. Hope there are more of them in the future. Please keep these stories coming I can't wait to read more!
June 26, 2016
"Too dark for me"
I was lucky enough to read 'Opening The Veil' last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was gifted a copy of these short stories by the author for an honest review. The writing is still above average but there were two elements that prevented me from really enjoying this collection. The 'She and He' items broken down into separate parts sandwiched between other stories didn't work for me. If you introduce a 'device' such as this it needs to add something dynamic to the book so that it heightens the reader's interest. The main element I thought was missing was variety; okay the settings and the characters were different but everything was dark and depressing. I believe a short story collection needs light and shade, perhaps a touch of humour and the twists need to be unpredictable. I loved the novel, but this collection of dark short stories was not to my taste I'm afraid.
I was lucky enough to read 'Opening The Veil' last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was gifted a copy of these short stories by the author for an honest review. The writing is still above average but there were two elements that prevented me from really enjoying this collection. The 'She and He' items broken down into separate parts sandwiched between other stories didn't work for me. If you introduce a 'device' such as this it needs to add something dynamic to the book so that it heightens the reader's interest. The main element I thought was missing was variety; okay the settings and the characters were different but everything was dark and depressing. I believe a short story collection needs light and shade, perhaps a touch of humour and the twists need to be unpredictable. I loved the novel, but this collection of dark short stories was not to my taste I'm afraid.
August 9, 2016
When it comes to books, a three-star rating is not critical. Rather, it is a book I find okay; nothing bad noted, but also nothing that really grabbed my attention. This is a compilation of shorts and I found many to be pretty obvious. I was neither scared nor intrigued. Many of them would make fun scenes in a larger story.
I did find the actual writing style pretty darn good. I didn't notice any glaring editing errors. I have read a full story, Opening the Veil, by this author previously. Her style was exactly why I opted to check out this compilation. Note - I'm not big on shorts. You may find this book quite fun.
Author provided copy for review. 3.3/5 Stars
I did find the actual writing style pretty darn good. I didn't notice any glaring editing errors. I have read a full story, Opening the Veil, by this author previously. Her style was exactly why I opted to check out this compilation. Note - I'm not big on shorts. You may find this book quite fun.
Author provided copy for review. 3.3/5 Stars
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