Dreaming Darkness: Volume Two

Dreaming Darkness #2

by Kelley Armstrong

The second volume in an annual collection of horror and dark-fantasy short stories for the Halloween season.
Three of the four stories in this volume have been previously published.

Volume Two Contents
•We Are All Monsters Here
•The Orange Cat
•Angels & Absinthe
•One Last Story

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Fiction

108 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2021

About the author

Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed.

Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing dungeon. She's the author of the NYT-bestselling "Women of the Otherworld" paranormal suspense series and "Darkest Powers" young adult urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series. Armstrong lives in southwestern Ontario with her husband, kids and far too many pets.

Reviews

[Faye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read: October 2021

We Are All Monsters Here - 4/5 stars
The Orange Cat - 4/5 stars
Angels & Absinthe - 4.5/5 stars
One Last Story - 3/5 stars

[Chrissy · Rating 4 out of 5]

We Are All Monsters Here 4 stars
Standalone story, first published in Seize the Night: New Tales of Vampiric Terror (see my review there)

The Orange Cat 4.5 stars
Cainsville story, previously published in Portents (see my review there)

Angels & Absinthe 4 stars
Standalone story, first published in Hark! the Herald Angels Scream (see my review there)

One Last Story 4 stars
Standalone story, new to this collection. The horror in this is the real world horror of the pandemic, but also the creepiness of the setting: a cabin in the woods, where an octogenarian author, who lost her husband to the pandemic, decides to retreat to write "one last story". I really enjoyed this one. I liked the main character and I liked the portrayal of how with writing - as with life - things don't always go as planned.

[Jessica (Read book. Repeat) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was another great collection of short stories from Armstrong, I'll be keeping an eye out for volume three! I love how each story is so different. The two stand out ones for me were the first and the last. All of the stories were so imaginative and different from what you expect.

[Marty Tool · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick short stories set in darkness

A set of short stories that are quick to read and are full dark tales. Enjoyable, emotional at times and satisfying. Looking forward to the next set.

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kelley Armstrong writes a fantastic short storey. I loved this volume as much as the first.

[Suzan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this whole collection of stories although my favourites were The Orange Cat and The Last Story!! Kelley Armstrong is a favourite author of mine and she never disappoints!!

[Chelsea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dreaming Darkness: Volume Two by Kelley Armstrong is a collection of short stories. The story about the murmurs kinda creeped me out. A fun collection.

[Cindy Roux · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great collection of spooky short stories that has me looking forward to reading the next volume

[Susan]

We Are All Monsters Here 7/29/2023
The Orange Cat 12/5/2023
Absinthe & Angels 8/18/2023
One Last Story 12/5/2023

[Ash · Rating 3 out of 5]

These scary short stories by Armstrong are great short ebook reads.