“Very compelling, each story was so different but all were very dark” Jennifer Connolly, UK
“Blacker than night itself. Funny too. If you love clever, dark humor get this book.” Alexander Jeffries, US
“I stayed up all night to read these horror stories. I could not put this book down!” Bill Siemens, UK
A selection of short stories that will send a shiver down your spine
Dark, disturbing grisly tales that will entertain from writer duo David Allen and Josie Bloom.
Contains several stories:
Read the BASEMENT, the tale of a father and how a visiting social worker encountered his wife.
Enjoy the strange culinary practices of Mr & Mrs Hirohito in THE ABATTOIR, and witness the final breakdown of their moribund marriage.
A young girl’s train journey to her aunt is beset by strange occurrences and unwanted attentions. Read THE ALMANAC to see how she copes.
Driving to the woods in the dark. But what’s in the trunk? Find out in THE CRIB.
A dose of the supernatural in THE POSSET: a sickly child takes a medicinal drink and remains with her family, in a way.
Savour the tale of Lord Betterton, the gastronomic buffoon in BETTERTON & MAUD. But what’s for dinner, or should we say, who?
A severed foot, a mighty roar, a red umbrella? In STILL LIFE a disturbed mind struggles to disentangle real memories from the fragments of a dream.
In THE MISTRESS & HER MAID the mistress is still missing: haunted by that night’s events, the devoted maid wrestles with her conscience.
You will love these short stories full of gristle and gore, told from the darkest recesses of the human condition.
