Step into
the shadows…
This volume gave free reign to our hallowed writers to share with us whatever story tickled their darkest fancy. From the ancient traditions that keep this world turning to the dangerous invitations to new ones, allow Volume IV to draw you into the shadows. Welcome to The Dark Corner…
A Burnt Offering by Mark T. Bates
“I’ve seen many a troubled young man come through this house,” he said.
“Your kind are drawn to her, the landlady as you called her. Like moths to a flame.”
An Cailleach by Sarah McKenna Dunne
“The Cailleach needs death to bring life. The wilt of winter feeds the growth of Spring. It’s a cycle. An offering to the goddess. Beat. Pleading but firm. Let me show you the power of a goddess.”
Invective by Alex Older
“You will put me to sleep if I tell you?
Say it.
Say it again. You need to lie much more persuasively.
Better.”
Near Field Communication by Michael Anthony
“The noise writhed up his spine like an electric current, scything into his ears like syringes. It was a piercing electronic shriek ending in a Shepard scale that suggested infinities of pain and isolation.”
Outside Help by Seán Egan
“The two of us were neighbours, and had basically shared the same mental space since we were four. Anything that I heard of or thought of or dreamed about, I would immediately let her know. We were more like twins than friends.”
The Muse by Keith O’Sullivan
“I did the things that I did. Some of them willingly. But I will fight to my dying breath that I was never given a choice.”
The Vegetable Garden Stole My Face by Robert Weaver
“There was a hole in the ground and the hole was hungry.”
On The Pig’s Back by Eileen Stelter
“The shoe box became awfully slippery in my grasp. This was him. The creature lurking in the dark, the criminal serving the threefold law and with it, turning those that dared stand in his way undead – the Freelancer.”
The Dark Corner 