Hasty for the Dark

<p>These selected terrors range from the speculative to supernatural horror encompass the infernal and the occult and include stories inspired by H. P. Lovecraft Robert Aickman and Ramsey Campbell.</p><p><em>Hasty for the Dark</em> is the second short story collection from the award-winning and widely appreciated British writer of horror fiction Adam L. G. Nevill. The author's best horror stories from 2009 to 2015 are collected here for the first time.</p><p><em>The hardest journeys in life and death are taken underground.</em></p><p><em>No blackmail is as ghastly as extortion from angels.</em></p><p><em>A swift reckoning often travels in handheld luggage.</em></p><p><em>Once considered inhumane and now derelict this zoo may not be as empty as assumed.</em></p><p><em>A bad marriage a killer couple and part of a wider movement.</em></p><p><em>No sign of life aboard an abandoned freighter but what is left below deck tells a strange story.</em></p><p><em>The origin of our species is not what we think.</em></p><p><em>In destitution the future for revolution and mass murder is so bright.</em></p><p><em>Your memories may not be your own and your life nothing more than a ritual that will compel you to perform an atrocity . . .</em></p><p>Praise for <em>Hasty for the Dark</em>: </p><p>The nine tales are cleverly varied exhibiting varied pace chills which deal with the supernatural in both every day and altogether freakier situations and other curve-balls which drop feet into other genres. Tony Jones <em>Gingernuts of Horror</em>.</p><p>These tales are dark starkly violent but also subtle and ambiguous often at the same time. <em>This is Horror</em>.</p><p>His stories weave their way inside of your head and plant seeds of doubt and terror. He is a master of creating oppressive creepy atmospheres and of taking your imagination to places you would rather he didn't. <em>The Grim Reader</em></p><p>For a genre fan there can be little better than reading the work of an author at the top of their game. I can't fault a single story in this collection. <em>The Eloquent Page</em></p><p>The stories are all enigmas and I love how hard my mind has to work to appreciate them. 5/5 stars. <em>Carmilla Voiez</em></p><p>A wonderful retrospective of one of the most gifted purveyors of horror fiction currently plying their trade. <em>Anthony Watson.</em></p>