The Darkness Inside: Writer's Cut (38 page)

Incidentally, elements of Holly’s captivity are based on real events. Not the Fritzl case, which broke a year after this book fell out of Penguin’s warehouse into a large puddle, but an earlier one from the 70s, where a hitchhiking 20-year-old was abducted by a man and his wife and lived as a slave for years. The ‘contract’, the coffin-like container, the degree of psychological control over the girl in question, those things came from an actual real-world crime. (There were differences; you can read up on the case of “Carol Smith” online if you’re so inclined.) Horrible stuff.

So there you have it. I hope you’ve enjoyed
The Darkness Inside
, and that you will check/have checked out the other stories in the new Rourke series. Whether you liked the book or hated it, you can, as always, find me on Twitter as
@Nameless_Horror
or online at
http://namelesshorror.com
. I don’t bite.

- John R., December 2012.

Copyright & Credits

Copyright John Rickards 2012.

Cover image is
this one by D Sharon Pruitt
, with broken glass textures by
jinterwas
from
here
and
here
, all used under a cc-by license.

Also By The Author

Writing as John Rickards:

The Touch Of Ghosts: Writer’s Cut

Burial Ground: Writer’s Cut (coming soon)

The Desperate, The Dying, And The Damned (coming soon)

Writing as Sean Cregan:

Day Zero

Murder Park

All You Leave Behind

The Levels

The Razor Gate

Hardboiled Jesus (short story)

Wishes (short stories)

The Unpublishable (short stories)