The Dark

by Ian Cadena

𝗔 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆! 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱.

“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏. 𝐼𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤—𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟.”

It's a snowy night in a spooky new house and Pat fears bedtime because when the lights go out a malevolent entity stalks The Dark!

14 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 5, 2017

About the author

Ian Cadena is a native Texan that craves cold weather and a lush colored Autumn with a cool breeze!

He should have figured it out sooner that he desired to be a writer when he was writing out story-lines for his action figures and creating his own campaigns and backstories for his friends while playing Dungeons & Dragons.

He holds a degree in Theater & Writing and works on his novels and nefariously plots from his secret lair.

He is a Reiki Master and enthralled with all things mystic and paranormal. He possesses numerous tarot decks and has had at least one out-of-body experience... maybe two. He has been fascinated by cryptids, magick, and the paranormal since he was a kid and it is this fascination that fuels his writing.

When not traveling outside of his body or crafting new stories, he’s brewing up some eats or drinks in his cauldron (kitchen).

Ian loves to stay in touch with his readers. This is where you can conjure him:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorIanCad...
Twitter: @iancadenaAuthor

Reviews

[Lyn❤Loves❤Listening to Real Voices Only!!!!❤️🎧📚 Addict ON HIATUS · Rating 4 out of 5]

Um, I need Ian Cadena to say "Sike, this is not a true story" because I'm totally creep out.

[AussieMum · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a spooky encounter that made my heart race. Best not read before bed. ;)

[Fay MMBookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oooh this little story is NOT for reading late at night.. the wonderful discriptions of the author has you in the room with young Pat. I love reading ghost and spooky stories and this one is certainly spooky and written by a great author.

[Pat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ian has a great talent his written skills always have me wanting more.
This dark tale is no exception..
I can fully imagine the feelings his mother felt and Ian has written it perfectly.
More please Ian

[James Beach · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ian does a magnificent job in crafting this story. Not a word is wasted. The sun is streaming in the window right now, but this story still managed to send a shiver up my spine. His descriptions are vivid and it reminded me of when I was a child and how terrified I was of the dark. For added effect, read it just as you are lying down to go to sleep, but it is a good read any time of day.

[Don Stevens · Rating 5 out of 5]

A riveting short

I don't see this type of story often and I was kept in suspense. This has a few elements I enjoyed and wish it could have been longer.

[Yari Roncone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick but scary. This short story definitely make your heart race a bit. She was only 4years old, the dark wanted her bad but her parents wouldnt believe her. would there be anyone that could help her? dont read this before bed. Ian Cadena did an excellent Job at it, I would love to see it as a novel. please make it longer😉❤

[Cee Zin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Within but a few sentences, the tone is set and one can tell... something is amiss! That something causes four year old Pat to fear the darkness... causes her to leave her bed... that SOMETHING is in her room!!! Good short read... well written... the only question? Got nightlights?!!!

[Naomi Downing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creepy

This is a great short creepy story to read before bed. Would be interested in seeing it turned into a novel.

[Stephanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really a story, a very very short description of 1 instance of someone seeing a ghost. Thought this would be more. More “meat”, more scary? Just more. I’ve read free ghost stories that had more to them. This didn’t feel like it should cost money.

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creepy story but wonderful, the evocative way the creeping dread is explained through the child’s eyes is spell binding

[J.B. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not for me.

Sorry, but (to me) the story made very little sense. It was doing well, building up a lot of tension, but it ultimately fell flat.