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Dark Crossings: The Collection
From the bestselling authors of
Yesterday's Gone
and
Z 2134
comes 18 unforgettable terrifying short stories for fans of The Twilight Zone and Stephen King's short works.
18 short stories and authors' notes are included here for the first time in one collection totaling more than 186,000 words.
PULL THE TRIGGER -- Ellie's husband owes money to some powerful people. The only way she can save his life is to do one "simple" job -- retrieve a mysterious box and kill the courier.
CHRIS WAKES UP -- Chris wakes up a zombie, alone, and hungry. As he struggles to hold onto his humanity, he finds himself the unlikely protector of a young girl seeking safety.
RESPERO DINNER -- In the not-too-distant future, Xavier is the guest of honor at an exclusive dinner. Respero Dinner is a thought provoking tale of love, loss, and the choices we make in life.
THE VISITOR -- Blind and dying, writer Mary Fletcher is waiting out her final days in a nursing home. A mysterious visitor shows up, a visitor who sounds exactly like the love of her life who she believed to be dead.
DINER FADED -- Zach hops into his car and hits the open road, eager to put a couple of states between he and his girlfriend. Zach pulls into a diner, hungry and with a gas tank on fumes. He gets more than he ordered and something he may never escape.
THE WATCHER -- Since the death of his young daughter, Frank Grimm's life has completely unravelled. Barely connected with his wife, he now sits in his home office, watching his neighbors live their lives. And when nobody's looking, he sometimes breaks into their homes. Then one day, he finds a message from a girl in one of the homes:
"PLEASE HELP ME. KILL MY DAD. HE IS RAPING ME."
ARE WE THERE YET? -- Jay is a philanderer on his way to meet a lover. Unfortunately, his jealous GPS has other plans.
IF YOU DON'T FINISH READING THIS, EVERYONE YOU KNOW WILL DIE -- Anthony has OCD. He's convinced that if he doesn't give into his compulsions, bad things will happen to those around him.
WHAT WOULD BORICIO DO? -- Serial killer Boricio Wolfe abides by only two rules:
1) Always use the best ingredients when cooking.
2) Don't shit where you eat.
He's about to break one of those rules.
HIDE AND SEEK -- It's just an ordinary day at the park while young mother, Robin, sneaks off to send sext messages to her lover while she's supposed to be playing hide and seek with her 4-year old daughter.
But in Dark Crossings, games aren't for children.
THE GOOD DEEDS SOCIETY -- Something weird is happening in the gated community of Evergreen Walk. People are having dreams in which a mysterious woman appears to them, asking them to do good deeds for one another. Everyone seems to be having the dreams except Amy.
MONSTERS -- 10-year old Sheldon Harrison is afraid of the monster rumored to live in the woods. But that monster isn't as scary as the bullies which torment him.
THINGS THAT GO WHIR IN THE NIGHT -- 11-year old Sam hears sounds of something happening outside his house late at night. But it's not until morning that the true terror unfolds!
DO NOT DISTURB -- Levi Hill is about to check into the Lazy 8 Motel.
18 short stories and authors' notes are included here for the first time in one collection totaling more than 186,000 words.
PULL THE TRIGGER -- Ellie's husband owes money to some powerful people. The only way she can save his life is to do one "simple" job -- retrieve a mysterious box and kill the courier.
CHRIS WAKES UP -- Chris wakes up a zombie, alone, and hungry. As he struggles to hold onto his humanity, he finds himself the unlikely protector of a young girl seeking safety.
RESPERO DINNER -- In the not-too-distant future, Xavier is the guest of honor at an exclusive dinner. Respero Dinner is a thought provoking tale of love, loss, and the choices we make in life.
THE VISITOR -- Blind and dying, writer Mary Fletcher is waiting out her final days in a nursing home. A mysterious visitor shows up, a visitor who sounds exactly like the love of her life who she believed to be dead.
DINER FADED -- Zach hops into his car and hits the open road, eager to put a couple of states between he and his girlfriend. Zach pulls into a diner, hungry and with a gas tank on fumes. He gets more than he ordered and something he may never escape.
THE WATCHER -- Since the death of his young daughter, Frank Grimm's life has completely unravelled. Barely connected with his wife, he now sits in his home office, watching his neighbors live their lives. And when nobody's looking, he sometimes breaks into their homes. Then one day, he finds a message from a girl in one of the homes:
"PLEASE HELP ME. KILL MY DAD. HE IS RAPING ME."
ARE WE THERE YET? -- Jay is a philanderer on his way to meet a lover. Unfortunately, his jealous GPS has other plans.
IF YOU DON'T FINISH READING THIS, EVERYONE YOU KNOW WILL DIE -- Anthony has OCD. He's convinced that if he doesn't give into his compulsions, bad things will happen to those around him.
WHAT WOULD BORICIO DO? -- Serial killer Boricio Wolfe abides by only two rules:
1) Always use the best ingredients when cooking.
2) Don't shit where you eat.
He's about to break one of those rules.
HIDE AND SEEK -- It's just an ordinary day at the park while young mother, Robin, sneaks off to send sext messages to her lover while she's supposed to be playing hide and seek with her 4-year old daughter.
But in Dark Crossings, games aren't for children.
THE GOOD DEEDS SOCIETY -- Something weird is happening in the gated community of Evergreen Walk. People are having dreams in which a mysterious woman appears to them, asking them to do good deeds for one another. Everyone seems to be having the dreams except Amy.
MONSTERS -- 10-year old Sheldon Harrison is afraid of the monster rumored to live in the woods. But that monster isn't as scary as the bullies which torment him.
THINGS THAT GO WHIR IN THE NIGHT -- 11-year old Sam hears sounds of something happening outside his house late at night. But it's not until morning that the true terror unfolds!
DO NOT DISTURB -- Levi Hill is about to check into the Lazy 8 Motel.
578 pages, ebook
First published October 2, 2013
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About the author
Sean Platt
334 books826 followersSean loves writing books, even more than reading them. He is co-founder of Collective Inkwell and Realm & Sands imprints, writes for children under the name Guy Incognito, and has more than his share of nose.
Together with co-authors David Wright and Johnny B. Truant, Sean has written the series Yesterdays Gone, WhiteSpace, ForNevermore, Available Darkness, Dark Crossings, Unicorn Western, The Beam, Namaste, Robot Proletariat, Cursed, Greens, Space Shuttle, and Everyone Gets Divorced. He also co-wrote the how-to indie book, Write. Publish. Repeat.
With Collective Inkwell
Yesterday's Gone: Post Apocalyptic - LOST by way of The Stand
WhiteSpace: Paranoid thriller on fictitious Hamilton Island
ForNevermore: YA horror that reads nothing like YA Horror
Available Darkness: A new breed of vampire thriller
Dark Crossings: Short stories, killer endings
With 47North
Z 2134: The Walking Dead meets The Hunger Games
Monstrous: Beauty and the Beast meets The Punisher
With Realm & Sands
Unicorn Western: The best story to ever come from a stupid idea
The Beam: Smart sci-fi to make you wonder exactly who we are
Namaste: A revenge thriller like nothing you've ever read
Robot Proletariat: The revolution starts here
Cursed: The old werewolf legend turned upside down
Greens: Retail noir comedy
Space Shuttle: Over the top comedy with all your favorite sci-fi characters
Everyone Gets Divorced: Like "Always Sunny" and "How I Met Your Mother" had a baby on your Kindle
Sean lives in Austin, TX with his wife, daughter, and son.
Follow him on Twitter: http://twitter.com/seanplatt (say hi so he can follow you back!)
Together with co-authors David Wright and Johnny B. Truant, Sean has written the series Yesterdays Gone, WhiteSpace, ForNevermore, Available Darkness, Dark Crossings, Unicorn Western, The Beam, Namaste, Robot Proletariat, Cursed, Greens, Space Shuttle, and Everyone Gets Divorced. He also co-wrote the how-to indie book, Write. Publish. Repeat.
With Collective Inkwell
Yesterday's Gone: Post Apocalyptic - LOST by way of The Stand
WhiteSpace: Paranoid thriller on fictitious Hamilton Island
ForNevermore: YA horror that reads nothing like YA Horror
Available Darkness: A new breed of vampire thriller
Dark Crossings: Short stories, killer endings
With 47North
Z 2134: The Walking Dead meets The Hunger Games
Monstrous: Beauty and the Beast meets The Punisher
With Realm & Sands
Unicorn Western: The best story to ever come from a stupid idea
The Beam: Smart sci-fi to make you wonder exactly who we are
Namaste: A revenge thriller like nothing you've ever read
Robot Proletariat: The revolution starts here
Cursed: The old werewolf legend turned upside down
Greens: Retail noir comedy
Space Shuttle: Over the top comedy with all your favorite sci-fi characters
Everyone Gets Divorced: Like "Always Sunny" and "How I Met Your Mother" had a baby on your Kindle
Sean lives in Austin, TX with his wife, daughter, and son.
Follow him on Twitter: http://twitter.com/seanplatt (say hi so he can follow you back!)
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November 2, 2018
Gut-punching short stories with enthralling concepts
Dark Crossings is a brilliant collection of gut-punching short stories with enthralling concepts that leave you thinking about them long after reading them.
Sean Platt and David Wright are two of the most prolific indie authors out there, more well-known for serial fiction than short stories. However, this collection shows just how talented they are in this area as well. There is an awesome variety of stories here, exploring everything from zombies and vampires, to serial killers and mental illness.
Both authors have their own nuances in the way they write, but their styles work well together and it is not at all jarring to read their stories back-to-back. Platt's writing has a certain energy to it and his stories feel very contemplative; Wright, on the other hand, uses minimal detail and is an expert at suspense and shocking the reader.
I retracted one star from my rating simply because some of the stories did not hook me at first, however they are all very well-written.
My favourites from this collection:
- The Watcher
- If You Don't Finish Reading This, Everyone You Know Will Die
- Hide And Seek
- Monsters
- Things That Go Whir In The Night
Dark Crossings is a brilliant collection of gut-punching short stories with enthralling concepts that leave you thinking about them long after reading them.
Sean Platt and David Wright are two of the most prolific indie authors out there, more well-known for serial fiction than short stories. However, this collection shows just how talented they are in this area as well. There is an awesome variety of stories here, exploring everything from zombies and vampires, to serial killers and mental illness.
Both authors have their own nuances in the way they write, but their styles work well together and it is not at all jarring to read their stories back-to-back. Platt's writing has a certain energy to it and his stories feel very contemplative; Wright, on the other hand, uses minimal detail and is an expert at suspense and shocking the reader.
I retracted one star from my rating simply because some of the stories did not hook me at first, however they are all very well-written.
My favourites from this collection:
- The Watcher
- If You Don't Finish Reading This, Everyone You Know Will Die
- Hide And Seek
- Monsters
- Things That Go Whir In The Night
May 31, 2019
Delightful reading when you want short stories to be entertained
I am a huge fan of Sean Platt and David Wright, so maybe a little bias here. The stories in this book -- remarkable! Fun, entertaining, spooky, scary and eerie. Each story was terrific, although I had my favorites. And they included a couple of Boricio stories -- that's icing on the cake. I'm ready for the next volume. I'm happy I decided to read this book.
I am a huge fan of Sean Platt and David Wright, so maybe a little bias here. The stories in this book -- remarkable! Fun, entertaining, spooky, scary and eerie. Each story was terrific, although I had my favorites. And they included a couple of Boricio stories -- that's icing on the cake. I'm ready for the next volume. I'm happy I decided to read this book.
December 30, 2014
Entertaining and Enjoyable
I have liked all the books I have tried by these two authors. I first learned about them from a collection of dystopian stories where I got to read the beginning of Yesterday's Gone and I had to stop reading the collection and switch to the series to find out what happened next. It's been about 6 months since I finished that series and picked up Dark Crossings: The Collection. I never really read many short stories before this year as they just never seem to come up in my searches but now I know how good they can be so I will keep an eye out for them. Sometimes I wish the story would have been longer and feel almost unfulfilled (like I've just eaten Chinese food and am already hungry again) but most of the time the length matches with the storyline well enough to provide satisfaction. If you haven't already read other works by this duo I think this is a safe place to get a taste. The two Boricio (a character that's a psychotic serial killer) pieces aren't too harsh (as far as Boricio goes) and can provide enough of a taste for people to decide if they are ok with his personality to read a lot more of his adventures in Yesterday's Gone. I am not at all hesitant to recommend these stories and believe most people would enjoy them.
I have liked all the books I have tried by these two authors. I first learned about them from a collection of dystopian stories where I got to read the beginning of Yesterday's Gone and I had to stop reading the collection and switch to the series to find out what happened next. It's been about 6 months since I finished that series and picked up Dark Crossings: The Collection. I never really read many short stories before this year as they just never seem to come up in my searches but now I know how good they can be so I will keep an eye out for them. Sometimes I wish the story would have been longer and feel almost unfulfilled (like I've just eaten Chinese food and am already hungry again) but most of the time the length matches with the storyline well enough to provide satisfaction. If you haven't already read other works by this duo I think this is a safe place to get a taste. The two Boricio (a character that's a psychotic serial killer) pieces aren't too harsh (as far as Boricio goes) and can provide enough of a taste for people to decide if they are ok with his personality to read a lot more of his adventures in Yesterday's Gone. I am not at all hesitant to recommend these stories and believe most people would enjoy them.
December 1, 2015
It's a selection of short stories. Four of them are repeated in a Halloween freebie the authors sent to fans in October 2015. I enjoy them. The two authors work collaboratively, but I tend to prefer the stories that Sean Platt comes up with. Their characters are often really interesting and the twists and turns that the stories take keep my interest. They're all a bit dark, with death and zombies and post-apocalypse scenarios.
March 24, 2016
Very enjoyable
Strong stories with punch. I prefer the authors' novels, but these short stories were a nice counter punch to the longer stuff. King-esque story notes at the end of each one were particularly enjoyable.
Strong stories with punch. I prefer the authors' novels, but these short stories were a nice counter punch to the longer stuff. King-esque story notes at the end of each one were particularly enjoyable.
April 14, 2016
OUTSTANDING ! What an excellent collection of stories ! Enough to keep you wide awake and once in a while wondering what you would do.
Absolutely I would recommend this and any other book written by these two authors, either collaboratively or by themselves. WOW !!!
Absolutely I would recommend this and any other book written by these two authors, either collaboratively or by themselves. WOW !!!
March 5, 2016
An awesome collection of stories. I'd really love to read more Ciara stories!
November 6, 2016
Collection of short stories by the authors of the Yesterday's Gone series.
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