Fear of the Dark eBook Mark Woods
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Sometimes it’s not the dark you should be afraid of…it’s what’s hiding in it.
Whilst helping an old man sort through all the junk up in his attic, a young lad discovers a photo of his elderly neighbour taken many years before. Sitting him down, the old man begins the tale of the night that photograph was taken – the night, one Halloween, that he and five of his friends all sat down to tell each other scary stories with terrifying and tragic results.
Fear of the dark is the first full length solo release from established U.K horror author, Mark Woods, and collects together many of his previously published short stories along with several new ones, exclusive to this collection.
Described as having ‘a unique British voice’, Mark Woods is the author of the highly popular novella, Time of Tides, and one of six writers responsible for the Vampire novel, Feral Hearts.
Fear of the Dark eBook Mark Woods
When I first picked up “Fear of the Dark” I assumed it was just a collection of short stories. I was very pleased to discover this book is far more than that. In many ways, it’s almost like a novel, told in a series of short stories.It starts out with a young boy helping an older man clean out his attic. Eventually, the old man starts to tell the boy about a night when he and his friends got together to tell each other scary tales. Each story is scarier than the last (a personal favorite is the one that the book was named after, “Fear of the Dark”), until it ends with a final story that ties the entire book together and leaves you with a shocking ending.
I must admit, reading the ending really got to me. This ending absolutely made the book. I didn’t see it coming and I was blown away by it. The ending was positively chilling and I thought about for days afterwards!
Simply said, I loved this book. This is the kind of book that should be read at a Halloween party. Spooky, creepy, and haunts your thoughts even after you put down the book! And like I said, don’t let it fool you into thinking this is just a collection of stories. It really is far more than that. I highly recommend it.
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Fear of the Dark eBook Mark Woods Reviews
I loved how this collection of stories were compiled and each of them told.
The fact that some were from various anthologies was irrelevant as I had not come across them before, if honest, I don't think I would mind even if I had given the way they were stitched expertly together using the old man and your boy story to tell them.
Each story told pulls you deeper and they get creepier and creepier until you hit the last, and boy is that a doozie.
I have to say I enjoyed this book. If you want a book that is a quick read, with strong character, and plot then this book is for you.
I am happy to say, Mark Woods...you know how to tell a story!
Rather than go with any standard practice of compiling a collection of short stories merely because one has enough to comprise said collection, UK author Mark Woods has gone for a different approach in this assemblage of dark, haunting and engaging horror tales, Fear of the Dark.
The stories contained within are cleverly interwoven, culminating in a final piece that delivers one hell of a conclusion and brings everything together in stunning fashion.
Technically, some of the stories which make up Fear of the Dark, are reprints from previous appearances in an assortment of anthologies, but Woods has skilfully managed to make these pieces part of a much larger picture, tying them all into the tale that frames everything. Rather than reading a series of unconnected short tales, delving into Fear of the Dark almost feels as though one is reading a novella instead.
Opening up with the prelude The Old Man and the Boy which sets the scene and the mood nicely, for what is to follow, Fear of the Dark introduces us to the characters that will take us through this occasionally dark, sometimes disturbing, but always chilling journey.
The duo from which this introductory segment draws its name from, have been thrown together as some sort of school initiative, where school students are coupled with the older citizens of the community in order to learn compassion, to discover the trials and tribulations facing the old, basically to understand what it’s like to be part of the older generation. Instead of concluding his visits with the old man once this school assignment finishes, the boy continues to visit him, leading to a bond being forged and the eventual offer from the youngster to help the elderly fellow clean out his attic, a place which has become little more than a storage receptacle for accruals of all manner of odds and ends.
In this attic clean-up, the boy comes across an old photograph which depicts six men, one of whom is the old man himself. And thus begins the resultant tales, as told by the old fellow to his young, eager-to-listen charge, tales which the sextet in the picture relayed to one another way back on the Halloween night that photograph was taken.
From here, the author gradually develops the sinister creep factor, building it up with fluid prose, intriguing characters and descriptive narrative, each consecutive tale escalating as the book progresses. The fright factor and myriad disquieting aspects are often subtle and nicely underplayed, in other cases they are delivered with a jolting impact, and Woods does a fine job at balancing the whole thing, dishing it all out with an easy to read style.
Fear of the Dark is a quick read, but a wholly enthralling one, with the ability to remain lodged in your head for some time after. Individually, some of the stories might come across as entirely separate entities that seem an odd fit for where they are, but it will all become remarkably clear with a superb finish.
Highly recommended for anybody who digs something unique, something dark and something with the true ability to ramp up the chill factor.
I now have Iron Maiden stuck in my head though…
Marks woods has done it again. "Fear of the Dark" is a narrative that cleverly weaves six separate tales into one intertwining, chilling tale that, at the end, keeps you hoping for a sequel. The old man telling the tales to his young friend pulls you in from the get-go. I immensely enjoyed this novella and I am eagerly looking forward to future offerings from Mark Woods!
When I first picked up “Fear of the Dark” I assumed it was just a collection of short stories. I was very pleased to discover this book is far more than that. In many ways, it’s almost like a novel, told in a series of short stories.
It starts out with a young boy helping an older man clean out his attic. Eventually, the old man starts to tell the boy about a night when he and his friends got together to tell each other scary tales. Each story is scarier than the last (a personal favorite is the one that the book was named after, “Fear of the Dark”), until it ends with a final story that ties the entire book together and leaves you with a shocking ending.
I must admit, reading the ending really got to me. This ending absolutely made the book. I didn’t see it coming and I was blown away by it. The ending was positively chilling and I thought about for days afterwards!
Simply said, I loved this book. This is the kind of book that should be read at a Halloween party. Spooky, creepy, and haunts your thoughts even after you put down the book! And like I said, don’t let it fool you into thinking this is just a collection of stories. It really is far more than that. I highly recommend it.
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