It Came from the Darkness Too is a follow-up to the successful It Came from the Darkness (2020), which was the first charity anthology from Philip Rogers and Red Cape Publishing. This new release features an impressive selection of flash fiction, poetry, and artwork, from a huge range of writers, filmmakers, actors, and artists. This anthology is raising funds for not one but three charities, all of which relate to children's health conditions: Max the Brave Fund, Cure Angelman, and Great ...

A flash fiction collection. Twelve dark fiction stories. R Rated for sensitive themes.

It started out as most other days, back in December 2014.I was ready to go to the office and get stuck into another day after the long train commute into the city.Occasionally, while walking downtown from the station, I'd stop in at the Lindt Café in Sydney's Martin place for a coffee and something nice to munch on.However, my ever-expanding waistline guilted me into avoiding the muffin that day, and I stopped by the little coffee stand around the corner from the offic...

I remember my death so clearly.People say that your whole life flashes before your eyes. That didn't happen to me. For me it was an explosion of light and then a searing pain that vanished in an instant as the .50 calibre Desert Eagle round ripped through my sternum.I remember my resurrection less clearly.What do you do when you wake up in a coffin after being mugged at gunpoint? Dead! is a short zombie tale.

"Oh dear, this isn't good," I said to myself. "How on earth can I help this poor seagull?"

All Nneka Osakwe wants for Christmas? To not be flying to her hometown where overzealous relatives hound her relentlessly for still being single, and parade one unsuitable suitor after another as a potential husband. Could a chance encounter with a handsome stranger at the airport be the crafty fix for her predicament?A shocking offer from a woman he's only just met is the perfect solution to Chike Igboka's biggest problem—evading marriage minded single ladies at his sister's weddi...

1940's Chicago, a black female detective is asked to discover what happened to a rich gadabout whom disappeared mysteriously from his hotel room.Unfortunately, she does.

Cast out by his own family after a wolf’s bite infects him, a young thirteen-year-old boy is forced to roam the streets and fend for himself. In a world of Humans and Others, he belongs to neither. No longer considered Human, but nor a purebred Other, a race of powerful supernatural beings, he will be unwanted and hunted by both.Danger lurks at every turn. Young, vulnerable and afraid, he tries to come to terms with the physical changes taking place in him while at the same time tr...

Where does attraction end and obsession begin?Is murder justified if it brings you closer to your one true love?When you're treading the fine line between attraction and single-minded obsession, a few brutal deaths shouldn't stand in your way...

The three rules of vampire survival:Never leave a witness.Never leave evidence.Never leave a pattern.To overlook one of those fundamental axioms is to invite total destruction at the hands of the slayers. A vampire must remain invisible and slip through the night like a shadow.Of course, a non-human witness will never tell.When Sam goes out on the hunt she sees a pair of amber eyes that can help her out. A lone wolf. He might...

There have been moments when I've looked at a person or picture and in that moment, have been able to see a story. Sometimes, the story is entirely theirs, or belongs to that unique place or object. Other times,it will trigger a memory or a deeply personal connection. At these moments, I find myself grabbing for a pen to try to capture the emotions that have stirred before they slip away.The stories in this first compilation are some of the results of my imagining, pondering, antici...

Sometimes our sacrifices are not in vain,for what we stand to gain can far outway what we have lost.For one young woman,a man's familiar husky voice triggers memories of her one and only chance at happiness. As she looks on at the scene of her fiery death she reminisces on a life filled with nameless, faceless men, all willing to pay for her time and favours.And him, the only man she ever loved.Having forgotten her true identity she relieves the pain of a life wasted...