Darkness Divided by John Shirley

Darkness Divided

John Shirley

Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · October 7, 2013

A Horror pick for readers exploring Darkness Divided.

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Who it’s for
Stories move between the present and past, and a range of imagined futures.
Themes
The darker side of human nature, Humanity across time, The dark side of imagination
Genres
Short Stories (Single Author), Sci-Fi Short Stories, Horror

About this book

Darkness can be divided. ?It can be split like an atom, and in it can be found a destructive fire?or light. Light, too, can be folded into darkness. The stories brought to light in John Shirley's stunning DARKNESS DIVIDED -- most of them never before collected, some written especially for this book--are presented in two sections: one featuring stories set in the present, or the past, the other set in myriad futures.

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These dark tales of new noir, science fiction, fantasy, and crime, demonstrate humankind's evolution from where we were and where we are, to where we have yet to be. Shadows are a current?a continuity?streaming from "Til Now" into "And Soon." John Shirley incisively explores human nature and the pitch-black streak within the soul that each of us fears. The twenty-two excursions collected here divide the darkness with scalpel-like precision, daring you to peek inside. In these divided shadows, in the shift of diffuse light and occlusion, things move--things that aren't there. There you will find your own id, the dark side of your own imagination. Read these words, and be forever changed by what you find.

Two Timeframes

Stories move between the present and past, and a range of imagined futures.

Come here for

  • Stories set in the present or past
  • Stories set in myriad futures

Expect

  • New noir stories
  • Science fiction stories

Where it sits

Short Stories (Single Author)74%
Horror62%
Sci-Fi Short Stories59%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Fantasy Anthologies
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Horror
Authors
John Shirley
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Published
October 7, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
The darker side of human nature · Humanity across time · The dark side of imagination
Reading lane
Fantasy Anthologies