Stories in the DARK [Kindle Edition]

Barry Pain (Author)

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CONTENTS:

? The Diary of a God
? This Is All
? The Moon-Slave
? The Green Light
? The Magnet
? The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit
? The Bottom of the Gulf
? The End of a Show
? The Undying Thing
? The Gray Cat

an excerpt:
The Diary of a God

During the week there had been several thunderstorms. It was after the last of these, on a cool Saturday evening, that he was found at the top of the hill by a shepherd. His speech was incoherent and disconnected; he gave his name correctly, but could or would add no account of himself. He was wet through, and sat there pulling a Sprig of heather to pieces. The shepherd afterwards said that he had great difficulty in persuading him to come down, and that he talked much nonsense. In the path at the foot of the hill he was recognised by some people from the farmhouse where he was lodging, and was taken back there. They had, indeed, gone out to look for him. He was subsequently removed to an asylum, and died insane a few months later.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 256 KB
• Print Length: 98 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1608721647
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Thomas Breuer (April 6, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0017DGLI4
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #720,590 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Barry Pain's Stories in the Dark, November 15, 2010

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This review is from: Stories in the Dark (Paperback)

Although he's been known as a humorist writer. He's also written some of the weird tales that border on the cosmic, the supernatural, and sometimes the psychological.

"Diary Of a God" is definitely a psychological tale of dread and menace where the man believed he has attained certain attributes toward "godhood." However, things didn't exactly go well as he had expected. "The Moon Slave" where a woman dreaded waiting for her lover to return for one more dance under the full moon. "The Green Light" is where conscience can get the better of he who committed a crime. In "The Undying Thing," maybe one should reconsider accepting any such invitations to stay at such place where stories were said about somebody or something lurking about. That is, something very dangerous.

Pain doesn't come out and say exactly what they were. The reader has to figure it out for himself from most of his stories. That's not to say they're not scary enough. They are. They bring about a certain unease after you finished reading them. Just don't expect blood and gore jack-in-the-box scares.