Darkness: A Collection of Short Horror Stories
Your darkest dreams, your deepest fears...
Darkness: A Collection of Short Horror Stories is an ongoing series of books featuring stark, dark fiction tales that tap in to themes of loss, desparation, fear, and the supernatural.
Volume One was originally released under the title Darkness Calls - A Collection of Short Horror Stories. Andy has since decided to turn his love of producing hard-hitting short dark fiction stories into a series, and the previously published work will form the first volume of this collection when its Second Edition is released later in 2024.
Volume One: darkness Calls
A woman facing consequences of her actions more far reaching than she could ever imagine, a crazed doctor on a twisted quest to create the perfect companion, and an old widow bearing the strangest of fruit...
These are just some of the kaleidoscopic characters that await your attention in the Darkness.
Originally released in 2012 and being completely rewritten, revised and expanded with a brand new story for 2024, the first volume of Darkness: A Collection of Short Horror Stories brings together some of Andy's stronger previous works and collects them here with new dark fiction stories.
Combining themes of loss, desparation, love, and the supernatural, these stories showcase Andy's range as a dark fiction author while promising even better to come.
Stories in Volume One: Darkness Calls:
- Dark Rain
- Trapped
- Reunion (Brand New for 2024)
- Frankensteve (Not Previously Included)
- An Open Letter
- Face Value
- Martha's Tree (Not Previously Included)
Plus an introduction and individual story notes by the author.
Revised & Expanded Second Edition coming Late 2024
Volume Two: darkness Listens
A couple joke about an urban legend while something watches from the trees, a sceptical paranormal investigator takes on a case that will change his outlook forever, and an ocean liner long since thought lost to the sea returns with a story to tell...
These and three more dark tales of despair, fear and the supernatural are waiting for you in the Darkness.
Six haunting tales fill the pages of the second volume of Darkness: A Collection of Short Horror Stories, with each story showcasing the strength of Andy's dark fiction writing.
A strong follow-up to the first volume, Darkness Listens features all-new stories along with an introduction and individual story notes written by the author. This volume also introduces the character of the paranormal investigator Carl Maddern, who is destined to appear in some of Andy's future planned works.
Stories in Volume Two: Darkness Listens:
- Don't Tell Tales
- Systems Fail
- Ankou
- Stickman
- The Feeling of Falling and the Freedom it Brings
- Narissa
Plus an introduction and individual story notes by the author
Due for Publication 2025
Volume Three: Darkness Awaits
A spirited young boy investigates the strange sounds coming from the basement of his new family home, the past occupants of Autumn Falls Sanitarium who refuse to leave, and a long walk through a foreboding forest with only your imagination for company...
A further six dark tales of fear and the unknown stand to welcome you into the Darkness.
The forthcoming third volume of Darkness: A Collection of Short Horror Stories.
Stories in Volume Three: Darkness Awaits:
- The Woman in the Basement
- Asylum
- Soundtrack for a Broken Heart
- The Cottage in the Woods
- A Forest
- The Wandering Lights that Signal Home
plus an introduction and individual story notes by the author.