Dark Tales e-Books

"I could always see the spirits, even as a little girl..."

In this edition, discover a moving twist between World Wars on the child who 'sees dead people', Merlin the magician puts in a refreshingly original appearance, and the arts world serves as the backdrop for two chilling tales.

Read also about murderers, ghosts, and sci-fi star David Brin.

Dark Tales: Issue 9

Contents

The Night Hag- K. S. Dearsley
The Devil Came Up To Grimesford - Mark Ray
Mandrake - Mark Cowley
Kitty & Katherine - Tyler Keevil
Screaming Purple Psychosis - Priya Sharma
Flutter on by, Mr Butterfly - Caroline Bates
Afterimage - Andrew Myers
Guardian - Timothy C. Hobbs
The Zeitsev - Michael Hart
Mystery Train - David Turnbull
Chosen - Susan Carey
The Blackford Folly (Part 1) - David Robertson
A Coffin Full of Questions - with Piers Anthony

"The hag heard and slowly turned towards her.  Hannah had to flee before she saw its face and was paralysed..."

In this nightmare-packed issue, a medieval mandrake wreaks havoc, the devil pops in for a cup of tea with the local vicar, and there is the opening part of our first serialisation - a 19th century tale reminiscent of Hammer House. And as if we’re not spoiling you enough we round things off by talking to leading speculative fiction writer Piers Anthony. 

Dark Tales: Issue 8

Fast Food - S. A. Smith
The Boy Who Tinkered - Frank J. Pisano
Continuity - Niall McMahon
Angels of the Night - Clare Nicole Evans
Vanilla Slice Tuesdays - Marie Prior
Hidden - Alan Heal
The Last Lord of Castle LongGuard - Keith Collins
Love is a Very Soapy Thing - Peter Rosier
The Soho Puppeteer - Kate Harrad
Rumpled - Colin Leonard
Better the Devil You Know - Nicola Hjertholm
Spider - Duncan Barford
Horn of Plenty - Peter Wynn Norris

"You'll love it here, Tobias. Everything you could ever desire. We go all-out when it comes to our own. Our family have so few children, you see, but the ability to care for them like no one else."

Dark Tales: Issue 7

Ghosts of La Joya - Tyler Keevil
The Keeper's Curse - Niall McMahon
Expulsion - Mark Cowley
Mervyn - Peter Rolls
Apple-pie - Keith Wadsworth
The Old Cure - Timothy C. Hobbs
In the Garden - Priya Sharma
The Widdop Witch - Daniel Sellers
The Last of the Line - David Hamilton
Between the Dog and the Wolf - Jean Edmunds
Conjuration - Steve Manning
Rosie - Virginia Charles

A nightmare creature stood, blinking, in the full glare of the torchlight. A hairy, dwarfish creature, red-eyed, misshapen, not quite a man. The leguaan’s dancing partner!

Dark Tales: Issue 6

Christmas - Richard Hulse
The Rock Pool - Niall McMahon
Sit Up Very Slowly - Phillip Gething
The Perfect Victim - Mark Cowley
Sweetpea - Priya Sharma
Sushi - Dorothee Lang
The Face at the Window - K. S. Dearsley
Losing It - Gordon Keys
Screamer - Michael L. Garrard
A Boy Named Sue - David Turnbull
The Breath You Take - C. L. Needham

When Sweetpea falls asleep I see her mother below in the kitchen, moving with purpose, washing dishes and dancing. Their linoleum is worn and she always wears the same dress. Afterwards she turns off the radio and slumps in a chair crying. 

Dark Tales: Issue 5

Basilisk - Peter Gillott
Dead and Not Buried - C. M. Shevlin
Drift - Mary Prior
Der Kinderfresser - Clare Dudman
A Million Shards of Steel - Niall McMahon
Moments - Deborah Seton
The Way Back - Peter Carter
Boxes - Peter Rolls
Ghosts of Convicts Past - Leah Miller
Winter in Prague - D. M. Nowak
Voices - C. L. Needham
What Trevor McDonald Doesn't Tell Us - Steven J. Dines

"And what exactly is a Basilisk?" said Helen.
"The Biblical cockatrice.. a miniature dragon. It
had looks that really killed."