A Sliver of Darkness

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While writing the Chalk Man she ran a dog-walking business, walking over twenty dogs a week as well as looking after her little girl.

The story veers in an unexpected direction when they learn about the young man’s girlfriend and I ended up having to read the closing pages twice as I struggled at first to make sense of the sinister ending. Concluding, I would like to underscore that A Sliver of Darkness is one of the most versatile and enthralling collection of short stories for the year 2022, regardless of the genre, and further solidifies C. I really liked that at the beginning of every story the author wrote how she came up with the idea and what inspired her, that allowed me to have a glimpse into how C. J. Tudor's works always succeed in smoothly incorporating the celestial into the plotline that is solidly based on a fundamental mystery. The book itself feels like velvet and is a delight to handle, while the tales inside are like meeting up with familiar, if slightly demented, old friends - Only in the most disturbing, nightmarish landscapes!Being one of the longer stories in this collection, it went into more detail and we actually saw some character development. In The Completion, an estate agent makes the bargain of a lifetime and The Lion at the Gate features some rather startling graffiti. Each story has quite a bit of intrigue, scares, and immersion that I think just about everyone can enjoy.

Tudor delivers horror through ten incredibly original and creepy tales, ranging from an apocalyptic cruise ship to cannibal butterflies. The Block – slum neighborhood with a large spooky boarded up monolithic building – kids break in – there’s a reason this spooky looking building is boarded up! This book is a collection of short stories that the author wrote during her life, but that might’ve not seen the daylight if not for this anthology. To conclude, I don’t really know how to review an anthology, because the stories are quite short and I don’t want to spoil them for other readers.In Dust there’s a creepy hotel, a sandstorm that covers everything, and guests that are not what they seem. One of them (The February House) was so beautifully written that I paused once or twice to savor the prose. The only drawbacks are that any questioning of the ship’s routine is strongly discouraged and that for all passengers there is a compulsory retirement age of 75. Amongst my favourites were The Block, The Lion at the Gate, Final Course, Dust and Butterfly Island, although in fairness I could happily recommend them all.