Today is your lucky day. To all fans of horror and the darkest depths of the human mind, What the Dark Brings is free now through December 30th.
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Follow Edward Lorn out of the light and into the darkest recesses of his mind.
What the Dark Brings is a collection of 19 short stories, beginning with “Literary Sweets”, a tender jaunt into Christmastime that proves all is not lost for one jaded gentleman. But by the time you reach the final tale, “Come to Jesus Meeting”, the darkness is all encompassing.
Tales of hope, heartache, and horror abound.
Come find What the Dark Brings
***As an added bonus to new fans, Edward Lorn has included his mini-anthology, Three After, complete and uncut, at the end of this collection. A total of 22 tales of terror coming it at over 40,000 words.***
Check out my thoughts on Edward’s Bonus stories.
Edward Lorn’s Three After takes you to the darkside with three chilling tales.
If you like your horror twisted and dripping blood, these three tales will give you that and then some. I will give you fair warning that Edward writes very descriptive, almost visual scenes, and they ain’t pretty.
1. World’s Greatest Dad
This is every father’s, hell, everybody’s worst nightmare.
Kimmy is gone. While Carl was trick or treating with his daughter, somebody snatched her. He was only distracted for a moment, but that was all it took.
The last time Carl saw Kimmy, she was talking to a man sitting in a rocking chair wearing a wolf costume. Now the chair is empty and Kimmy is gone.
They found Kimmy, but it was too late. Her body was discovered in a garbage bin, thrown away like so much trash.
Carl is consumed by grief and guilt. The police investigation is going nowhere. There is no consolation to be found.
Carl’s friend David inadvertently hands him a cup of coffee, the cup made by Kimmy. It reads World’s Gratest Dad and, yes, that is how she spelled it. Not able to bear it, Carl asks for a different cup. As he passes it back to David, the words on the cup change.
Help Her
He was the only one to witness it. Believing it to be a message from his daughter, Carl uses the messages that appear on the cup to try to save Her and find his daughters killer.
This is a story of redemption, betrayal and vengeance. What wouldn’t you do for your child?
2. An Affair To Remember
Jimmy has crossed the line. His rage at finding out his wife was having an affair, and with a jerk like Ray, pushed him over the edge.
What happens to Ray is horrific, but he has only himself to blame. Should have kept his pants zipped and stopped taunting Jimmy when he was caught.
But after brutally torturing and killing his wife and her lover, things get really bizarre for Jimmy.
Maybe Jimmy should have just walked away from the whole sordid mess.
3. Snuggles
She seems like such a sweet young girl. Elizabeth loves cats and she has three, Cuddles, Snuggles and Bumbles. Her favorite is Snuggles.
One day, her dad accidentally lets Snuggles outside. These are indoor cats and are not supposed to be let outside because of the road.
Yep, you guessed it. Her mom finds Snuggles in the road and tells her that he has gone to heaven.
Elizabeth is heart-broken and what she does to get Snuggles back is beyond belief.
This story goes from shocking to stomach-turning in a blink. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Five screams for really creeping me out!
Stay tuned for more reviews of Edward Lorn’s stories.
Edward Lorn is an American horror author presently residing in the southeast United States. He enjoys storytelling, reading, and writing biographies in the third person. Once upon a time, during a session of show and tell, a seven-year-old Edward Lorn shared with his class that his baby brother had died over the weekend. His classmates, the teacher included, wept while he recanted the painful tragedy of having lost a sibling. Edward went home that day and found an irate mother waiting for him. Edward’s teacher had called to express her condolences. This was unfortunate, as Edward had never had a baby brother. With advice given to her by a frustrated teacher, Edward’s mother made him start writing all of his lies down. The rest, as they say, is history. Edward Lorn and his wife are raising two children, along with a handful of outside cats and a beagle named Dot. He remains a liar to this day. The only difference is, now he’s a useful one.
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