What do you think?
Rate this book
The Dark Corner #3
The Gift
You can't wake up if the nightmare is real.
Ten-year-old Jason Meechum is a quiet boy who hides in fantasy and science fiction books. Other kids pick and make fun of him but he suffers through it. That's because Jason has a secret. A secret of pain. A secret of fear. A secret he wants to tell but can't.
All of that is about to change because Jason will be the recipient of something special. Something beautiful and mysterious. Something wondrous and odd.
Tonight, Jason will be the bearer of two secrets. These secrets will meet for the first time. Only one secret will survive. The outcome will determine if ten-year-old Jason will live to see age eleven.
The Gift is the third in a miniseries of short stories, novelettes, and novellas by Easton Livingston called The Dark Corner. It is a dark fantasy novelette. The other stories in the series, The Visitor, The Forest, The Basement, and The Confrontation are available online for download.
Easton Livingston is a supernatural thriller, superheroic fiction author, weaving together action, fantasy, and suspense. his writing is described as The 4400 television series meets Stranger Things. The Gift is an entry point into his Reality Imagination Universe (RIU).
Become an RIU Citizen today. Download The Gift now and begin your journey.
A little boy, a present, and a night where everything changes . Download your copy of The Gift today.
Ten-year-old Jason Meechum is a quiet boy who hides in fantasy and science fiction books. Other kids pick and make fun of him but he suffers through it. That's because Jason has a secret. A secret of pain. A secret of fear. A secret he wants to tell but can't.
All of that is about to change because Jason will be the recipient of something special. Something beautiful and mysterious. Something wondrous and odd.
Tonight, Jason will be the bearer of two secrets. These secrets will meet for the first time. Only one secret will survive. The outcome will determine if ten-year-old Jason will live to see age eleven.
The Gift is the third in a miniseries of short stories, novelettes, and novellas by Easton Livingston called The Dark Corner. It is a dark fantasy novelette. The other stories in the series, The Visitor, The Forest, The Basement, and The Confrontation are available online for download.
Easton Livingston is a supernatural thriller, superheroic fiction author, weaving together action, fantasy, and suspense. his writing is described as The 4400 television series meets Stranger Things. The Gift is an entry point into his Reality Imagination Universe (RIU).
Become an RIU Citizen today. Download The Gift now and begin your journey.
A little boy, a present, and a night where everything changes . Download your copy of The Gift today.
30 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 11, 2014
16 people are currently reading
64 people want to read
About the author
Easton Livingston
13 books15 followersEaston Livingston has written articles for national magazines, newspapers, online websites, and graphic novels. He decided to take the plunge into self-publishing in 2013 and revamped his brand in 2017.
Easton's books are family-friendly, focusing on fantastic tales for adults which often addresses mature themes (think PG-13). This is important to him and a distinction he vehemently makes.
“I write clean fiction. There's no profanity, sex scenes, or gratuitous gore in my books (there is violence, however). That doesn't mean I don't deal with adult topics and issues. I do. I do not write what is classified as young adult though they can read it and parents won't have to be concerned with what is being written. However, I definitely write for an adult audience.”
Easton writes superheroic, supernatural thriller, action, drama, and suspense tales, weaving all of those elements together. Simplified, speculative fiction. He often describes his work as a cross between the cult television show 4400 and the Netflix's Stranger Things and the television series Fringe .
Easton's books are family-friendly, focusing on fantastic tales for adults which often addresses mature themes (think PG-13). This is important to him and a distinction he vehemently makes.
“I write clean fiction. There's no profanity, sex scenes, or gratuitous gore in my books (there is violence, however). That doesn't mean I don't deal with adult topics and issues. I do. I do not write what is classified as young adult though they can read it and parents won't have to be concerned with what is being written. However, I definitely write for an adult audience.”
Easton writes superheroic, supernatural thriller, action, drama, and suspense tales, weaving all of those elements together. Simplified, speculative fiction. He often describes his work as a cross between the cult television show 4400 and the Netflix's Stranger Things and the television series Fringe .
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
November 13, 2021
**REREAD 3rd July 2020**
This is still an unsettling read that sets up the story arc nicely. We should soon find out what the clandestine group are all about! This finishes the rereads I'm doing for this series - onto the rest of the books with my memory refreshed.
Like the previous stories I'm downgrading my review by ½ 🌠 to 3.5 stars.
This is still an unsettling read that sets up the story arc nicely. We should soon find out what the clandestine group are all about! This finishes the rereads I'm doing for this series - onto the rest of the books with my memory refreshed.
Like the previous stories I'm downgrading my review by ½ 🌠 to 3.5 stars.
April 26, 2019
Usual and good short story
The Gift by Easton Livingston has a touch of the supernatural just when you need it most! A short but good story!
The Gift by Easton Livingston has a touch of the supernatural just when you need it most! A short but good story!
December 16, 2017
This is the third book in what the author calls "The Inception Trilogy" and was slightly longer than the previous two books. The novelette comprises two stories told from each protagonist's viewpoint that meld seamlessly into each other to reach the exciting, unexpected conclusion.
The first part of the novelette concerns itself with the story of Jason Meecham, a quiet, smart and bullied boy who is hiding a terrible secret. The second part of the story features Sebastian who is the leader of one of the units of a clandestine group looking for a special artifact. In the finale Jason is left a gift on his doorstep which forever changes his life and is introduced to Sebastian's group. I hope that more of Jason's life is featured in some small way in the future books of the series. I'm waiting with baited breath to explore more of this author's universe.
I can see how The Tapestry, as the author calls the collection of the series books, is an apt name as you can see how all the stories are woven together. I was a little thick and didn't pick up on one of the connections until I had a second read through, so watch out for how the stories interconnect.
The first part of the novelette concerns itself with the story of Jason Meecham, a quiet, smart and bullied boy who is hiding a terrible secret. The second part of the story features Sebastian who is the leader of one of the units of a clandestine group looking for a special artifact. In the finale Jason is left a gift on his doorstep which forever changes his life and is introduced to Sebastian's group. I hope that more of Jason's life is featured in some small way in the future books of the series. I'm waiting with baited breath to explore more of this author's universe.
I can see how The Tapestry, as the author calls the collection of the series books, is an apt name as you can see how all the stories are woven together. I was a little thick and didn't pick up on one of the connections until I had a second read through, so watch out for how the stories interconnect.
August 22, 2018
I normally don't enjoy books with no proper ending but this story has me intrigued.... The way the first 3 stories linked is interesting; I have to see where this leads.
January 31, 2023
A story of child abuse. Jason is a bullied and abused ten-year-old. Somebody anonymously leaves a gift at the door to his home in the middle of the night. That gift is extraordinary. Really not much more than an introduction with some bizarre happenings. No resolution. Perhaps that's to be found in a later title.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Scary. Tragic. Twisted. Unpredictable. Wonderful characters.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Scary. Tragic. Twisted. Unpredictable. Wonderful characters.
February 24, 2016
Very different. ending is unexpected and leaves you wondering what will happen to Jason, but you know he is safe.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews