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Neverlight: A Father Darkness Collection
Neverlight was longlisted for the inaugural Arnold Bennett Literary Award, 2017. Are we mere puppets? Are we unknowingly slaves to the will of others? Can we ever say that we are creatures of free will, acting according to our desires and not in accordance with those around us? Influence is the white noise that bombards our every waking moment, clouding our thought, hindering our judgement. Influence is Neverlight.
204 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 30, 2016
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Dan Weatherer
32 books31 followersDan Weatherer is represented by The Cherry Weiner Literary Agency.
Award-winning author, Dan Weatherer, was first published by Haunted Magazine in Spring, 2013.
Aside from the publication of numerous short stories with a multitude of presses, his next major project was a solo collection of short stories titled The Soul That Screamed (Winner of the Preditors & Editors™ Readers' Poll ‘Best Anthology 2013’).
A further two collections Only the Good Burn Bright (Spring 2015, James Ward Kirk Fiction) and Neverlight (Spring 2016, Spectral Press) quickly followed. His first non-fiction book titled ‘What Dwells Within’ was released in the Autumn of 2015 and details the life’s work of paranormal investigator Jayne Harris.
In 2015, Dan was shortlisted for the prestigious position of Staffordshire Poet Laureate 2016-2018.
In 2017, Neverlight was shortlisted for the first annual Arnold Bennett Literary Prize. His fourth collection Just Eventide, was released in August 2017.
2017 also saw the release of Dan’s historical novella, ‘Crippen’, courtesy again of Spectral Press.
An accomplished playwright, Dan was winner of the 2017 Soundwork UK play competition, a finalist in the Blackshaw Showcase Award 2016, and a two-time finalist of the Congleton Players One Act Festival, 2016. Dan has had several of his plays appear at festivals and fringe events. The Dead Stage, a book detailing Dan’s experiences as a novice playwright was published courtesy of Crystal Lake Publishing in October, 2018
In 2019, Dan was nominated for a local Heroes award (The Sentinel) for his continued promotion of literacy and mental health issues in the city of Stoke on Trent.
2019 also saw the release of his non-fiction title Sounds of a Madman, where Dan discusses the issues surrounding living with Depression and Anxiety. The Necessary Evils followed in late October (Demain Press), followed by The Tainted Isle, Dan's debut novel, courtesy of PS Publishing.
Dan lives in Staffordshire, where is married to his wife and two children.
Award-winning author, Dan Weatherer, was first published by Haunted Magazine in Spring, 2013.
Aside from the publication of numerous short stories with a multitude of presses, his next major project was a solo collection of short stories titled The Soul That Screamed (Winner of the Preditors & Editors™ Readers' Poll ‘Best Anthology 2013’).
A further two collections Only the Good Burn Bright (Spring 2015, James Ward Kirk Fiction) and Neverlight (Spring 2016, Spectral Press) quickly followed. His first non-fiction book titled ‘What Dwells Within’ was released in the Autumn of 2015 and details the life’s work of paranormal investigator Jayne Harris.
In 2015, Dan was shortlisted for the prestigious position of Staffordshire Poet Laureate 2016-2018.
In 2017, Neverlight was shortlisted for the first annual Arnold Bennett Literary Prize. His fourth collection Just Eventide, was released in August 2017.
2017 also saw the release of Dan’s historical novella, ‘Crippen’, courtesy again of Spectral Press.
An accomplished playwright, Dan was winner of the 2017 Soundwork UK play competition, a finalist in the Blackshaw Showcase Award 2016, and a two-time finalist of the Congleton Players One Act Festival, 2016. Dan has had several of his plays appear at festivals and fringe events. The Dead Stage, a book detailing Dan’s experiences as a novice playwright was published courtesy of Crystal Lake Publishing in October, 2018
In 2019, Dan was nominated for a local Heroes award (The Sentinel) for his continued promotion of literacy and mental health issues in the city of Stoke on Trent.
2019 also saw the release of his non-fiction title Sounds of a Madman, where Dan discusses the issues surrounding living with Depression and Anxiety. The Necessary Evils followed in late October (Demain Press), followed by The Tainted Isle, Dan's debut novel, courtesy of PS Publishing.
Dan lives in Staffordshire, where is married to his wife and two children.
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April 28, 2016
Neverlight is the third collection by Dan Weatherer that I have had had the pleasure of reading. As with his other books there is a mixture of short stories and flash fiction, and both types are of a very high standard. The thing with Weatherer's story telling is that his voice and his stories are timeless, in such a way that some feel modern and some have the feel and style of the likes of Lovecraft. There is horror here (Incubation, My First Horror Story) but there is humour too (A Butcher's Wife Indisposed).
All in all, this is a worthy addition to the authors' work and yet another example that Dan Weatherer is a name to look out for
All in all, this is a worthy addition to the authors' work and yet another example that Dan Weatherer is a name to look out for
May 8, 2016
My first short story collection
And I'm super glad it was by this very talented author. Dan Weatherer knows how to tell as great story. Weather it's a paragraph long, or a few pages long. This collection with have you on a roller coaster of emotions. You may laugh, cry, or you may even jump outta your skin. My favorite story was THE RAVEN AND THE WOLF. Read this! Tell me which one is your favorite. Thank you Dan, for the amazing ride.
And I'm super glad it was by this very talented author. Dan Weatherer knows how to tell as great story. Weather it's a paragraph long, or a few pages long. This collection with have you on a roller coaster of emotions. You may laugh, cry, or you may even jump outta your skin. My favorite story was THE RAVEN AND THE WOLF. Read this! Tell me which one is your favorite. Thank you Dan, for the amazing ride.
July 7, 2016
This is a collection of short stories and verse, the third collection from Dan’s pen (check out Only the Good Burn Bright and The Soul That Screamed), and serves to put a spotlight on a storyteller of talent and range.
The collection opens with the tale, “Abarath“, a chilling, Lovecraftian tale about two friends discovering the truth behind a rumoured treasure; it’s atmospheric and builds menace and tension steadily.
The next tale, “Signed” is my pick for the most entertaining, since it focuses on a struggling Horror writer and the lengths he goes to to get an agent; it’s also a wonderful, satirical look at struggling authors and successful authors and I’m sure many writers will catch themselves enjoying it for all the wrong, yet spot-on, reasons.
The collection opens with the tale, “Abarath“, a chilling, Lovecraftian tale about two friends discovering the truth behind a rumoured treasure; it’s atmospheric and builds menace and tension steadily.
The next tale, “Signed” is my pick for the most entertaining, since it focuses on a struggling Horror writer and the lengths he goes to to get an agent; it’s also a wonderful, satirical look at struggling authors and successful authors and I’m sure many writers will catch themselves enjoying it for all the wrong, yet spot-on, reasons.
January 8, 2021
Tja, jag vet inte riktigt hur jag ska sammanfatta denna samling. Det är mest kortare verk - t.om. för att vara noveller - med en eller två som man kan räkna som noveller utan att skämmas för mycket. Spännvidden på innehållet är bred men med fokus på skräck och mörk fantasy. En eller två rena humornoveller ingår, också. Weatherer är ingen klåpare, långt ifrån, men på det stora hela lämnade han inte heller något större intryck. Det är helt habilt för vad det är men det är inget som man behöver vara ledsen över att missa.
July 12, 2018
I have never really been the biggest of fans of short stories, but that being said I do seem to enjoy horror ones more than most other genres.
The collection of tales under the title Neverlight, judging from the cover and the blurb made me feel as though I was going to be stumbling into some Lovecraftian/Clive Barker type hellhole. For me at least, I felt that I was more than a little misled. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as instead of the over the top gore/monster feel, this struck me more of the M R James or Lawrence Gordon Clark; something a lot subtler. The kind of tale that seems quite light when you are reading it, but then sticks with you afterwards, coiling around your memory, and growing over time until it almost haunts you.
Weatherer does have a talent for the tales that he is telling. I quite often find that I want to give up after a short story, but here I wanted to carry on. It was probably made easier by the fact that there were no longer stories, rather short, concise tales that tell the stories with no needless baggage.
These are interspersed with pieces of flash fiction, the hit and run side of writing. Very few words coupled to tell a story that can be very effective.
Not one of the stories stopped me in my tracks, all of them working and keeping me reading in their own right.
The collection of tales under the title Neverlight, judging from the cover and the blurb made me feel as though I was going to be stumbling into some Lovecraftian/Clive Barker type hellhole. For me at least, I felt that I was more than a little misled. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as instead of the over the top gore/monster feel, this struck me more of the M R James or Lawrence Gordon Clark; something a lot subtler. The kind of tale that seems quite light when you are reading it, but then sticks with you afterwards, coiling around your memory, and growing over time until it almost haunts you.
Weatherer does have a talent for the tales that he is telling. I quite often find that I want to give up after a short story, but here I wanted to carry on. It was probably made easier by the fact that there were no longer stories, rather short, concise tales that tell the stories with no needless baggage.
These are interspersed with pieces of flash fiction, the hit and run side of writing. Very few words coupled to tell a story that can be very effective.
Not one of the stories stopped me in my tracks, all of them working and keeping me reading in their own right.
September 22, 2016
I'm not usually a fan of horror and dark fiction but this interesting collection from Dan Weatherer is wide-ranging enough in style and content to have something for everyone - myself included - from the Gothic and gory to wickedly dark comedy, poetry and even something movingly redemptive ('The Withered Touch').
I've held back on giving a five star review as a couple of tales felt slightly rushed; 'The Watchful Eye', particularly, felt as if it had the makings of longer tale. I look forward to Dan's forthcoming novel and seeing how he develops as a writer with more time and space in which to develop his characters and descriptive prose.
I've held back on giving a five star review as a couple of tales felt slightly rushed; 'The Watchful Eye', particularly, felt as if it had the makings of longer tale. I look forward to Dan's forthcoming novel and seeing how he develops as a writer with more time and space in which to develop his characters and descriptive prose.
July 1, 2016
The more I read the more I want.
A diverse collection of fabulous dark mind blowing words. Each story is totally different, each has a chilling tale that has totally spooked me. And then there's Agnes, oh how I love Agnes "The Butchers Wife" I first met her in the Soul That Screamed & she is one sneaky devious devil. These are all brilliantly written dark stories. I'm hooked on Mr Weatherer's words. Thank you.
A diverse collection of fabulous dark mind blowing words. Each story is totally different, each has a chilling tale that has totally spooked me. And then there's Agnes, oh how I love Agnes "The Butchers Wife" I first met her in the Soul That Screamed & she is one sneaky devious devil. These are all brilliantly written dark stories. I'm hooked on Mr Weatherer's words. Thank you.
July 24, 2016
Gothic Horror for the 21st century
A fabulous collection of stories, I especially enjoyed "Signed," "The Raven and the Wolf," and "That Laughing Man." Dark imaginings of our British culture and 'the old ways.' It made me smile, it made me chuckle, and it made me think about what we hide in plain sight in our daily lives.
A fabulous collection of stories, I especially enjoyed "Signed," "The Raven and the Wolf," and "That Laughing Man." Dark imaginings of our British culture and 'the old ways.' It made me smile, it made me chuckle, and it made me think about what we hide in plain sight in our daily lives.
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