Because I dream of murdering you was the answer he could not say aloud.

It's there, always there... its heat on my back, gusts of rancid breath through my hair, bringing the shrieks with it, the cries with it, the grinding, squealing slaughterhouse of sound...

But she couldn't hear the rest, couldn't concentrate on a word of it, her attention instead on the pinprick hole appearing just below his hairline, puckering outward, its diameter widening, the needle-like appendage piercing through -- an inch, two inches, four inches -- toward her...

If you like horror stories but never have time to read, try SMALL DARK SPACES: Brief Horror Tales and Dark Fiction!

What is SMALL DARK SPACES?

Twenty-eight bite-sized tales of the murderous and the macabre. Most under 1500 words. The ideal reading companion for the ghoul on the go!

A witches brew of stories and styles: suspenseful stories for adults, poignant dark fiction, dark humour, psychological horror, body horror, light horror, gory horror, the occult and paranormal.

What lurks in SMALL DARK SPACES?

• A teacher unearthing the terrifying truth behind an eerie children's game...
• An eighteenth-century farmer unknowingly unleashing a ravenous rage from beyond the grave...
• A pair of researchers condemned to a gruesome fate in their hunt for a fabled aphrodisiac...
• A librarian obsessed with the corpse of a notorious sorceress...

Doomed hearts. Unraveling minds.

Creepy. Clever. Occasionally absurd. Always unsettling.

For fans of Stephen King, Clive Barker, The Twilight Zone, or the gallows humour of Alfred Hitchcock and Tales from the Crypt, this collection will treat your dark fiction affliction for yarns with a sharp edge and strange twists.

Ready to face the darkness? Buy now.

Open the book -- but don't say we didn't warn you.

Praise for SMALL DARK SPACES:

"Marvelous... The stories are all compelling."

"An original and authentic voice. Very impressive."

"A page-turner to get to the next story."

"Dark and fierce and clever and ironic wit."

NOTE: Some stories contain violence and moderate sexual themes that may not be suitable for younger readers.

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