From Dark Places (18 page)
Authors: Emma Newman
Tags: #Anthology, #Horror, #Dark Fantasy, #Short Fiction, #Short Stories, #Urban Fantasy
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emma Newman lives in Somerset, England and drinks far too much tea. As well as dark short stories and flash fiction, she writes post-apocalyptic fiction for young adults; her debut novel “20 Years Later” will be published by Dystopia Press in July 2011. Podcasts of the novel are available on her blog. She also runs Em’s Short Story Club: members receive an original short story by Emma every month for free.
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Dear Reader,
As a thank you to all the people who have purchased this anthology, I’ve made a super secret area on my website in which you can find notes on how every story in the anthology came to be. Simply go to my website and access my
Super Secret Area
. You can ask questions, leave comments or just say hello there too.
If you want more stories from me, it’s easy; come and
join my Short Story Club
. Every month I put out a call for prompts, pick a winner and write the story. The winner reads it first then members get to read it. You will also receive a bonus story as soon as you sign up. Almost all of the longer stories in this anthology were created for the club, so you already have a sense of whether you’ll like it. There is a page on my site called “Sign up for free stories” where you can do just that. It’s free to join!
If you like young adult fiction you might also enjoy my debut novel “20 Years Later”. It will be published in hardback on July 5th 2011 and the e-book is available May 5th. (Squee!) You can find out more in the “My Books” section of my website.
I hope you find me online, I’d love to hear from you.
Until then, love and noodles,
~ Em x
EJ Newman
20 Years Later
from Dystopia Press
LONDON, 2012: It arrives and with that the world is changed into an unending graveyard littered with the bones, wreckage, and memories of a dead past, gone forever.
LONDON, 2032: Twenty years later, out of the ashes, a new world begins to rise, a place ruled by both loyalty and fear, and where the quest to be the first to regain lost knowledge is an ongoing battle for power. A place where laws are made and enforced by roving gangs—the Bloomsbury Boys, the Gardners, the Red Lady’s Gang—who rule the streets and will do anything to protect their own.
THE FOUR: Zane, Titus, Erin, Eve. Living in this new world, they discover that they have abilities never before seen. And little do they know that as they search post-apocalyptic London for Titus’ kidnapped sister that they’ll uncover the secret of It, and bring about a reckoning with the forces that almost destroyed all of humanity.
CHINESE WHISPERINGS
The Red Book
fromeMergent Publishing
In a small North American university town ten lives are intersecting.
Miranda reaps what she has sown
Mitchell understands there is no resisting fate
Clint dreams of forging a violent destiny
Elizabeth is about to make a discovery
Robin hides a terrible secret
Simon hasn’t slept in ten days
Sam is pursued by nightmares
Susie has lost everything
David has just been found
Jake atones for past evils
Ten ordinary people struggling to keep their sanity in an insane world
Edited by Paul Anderson and Jodi Cleghorn
Featuring
Jason Coggins, Annie Evett, Paul Servini, Tina Hunter, Dale Challener Roe, Jasmine Gallant, Rob Diaz II & Emma Newman
CHINESE WHISPERINGS
The Yin & Yang Book
fromeMergent Publishing
In the international terminal of a large European airport, Monday morning is about to take on a whole new guise of chaos. At 7.35am Pangaean Airlines, one of Europe’s major carriers, is put into receivership grounding all flights, stranding thousands of passengers and impounding tonnes of luggage. The Yin and Yang Book reveals the complicated web of events stemming from a suitcase, a lost Van Gogh painting, one woman on the run from her employers and the dilemma of a decision.
Edited by Paul Anderson and Jodi Cleghorn
Featuring
Jen Brubacher, Chris Chartrand, Carrie Clevenger, Jason Coggins, Rob Diaz II, Laura Eno, Annie Evett, Jasmine Gallant, Tina Hunter, Lily Mulholland, Emma Newman, Tony Noland, Claudia Osmond, Richard Jay Parker, Dan Powell, Dale Challener Roe, Icy Sedgwick, Paul Servini, Benjamin Solah & J.M. Strother
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
