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About Stories From the Shadows - Human Cruelty: Embrace the darkness

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories. But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event? Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are suddenly upon us in twisted revelation that may thrill, may disturb, but will always engage and help us explore the edge of darkness where some of the very best literature patiently lurks …. waiting …. for the likes of me and you. 1 - Stories From the Shadows - Human Cruelty - An Introduction 2 - Vanka by Anton Chekhov 3 - A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane 4 - La Grande Bretèche by Honoré de Balzac 5 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather 6 - Gentle Breathing by Ivan Bunin 7 - Tony's Wife by Alice Dunbar Nelson 8 - Mateo Falcone by Prosper Merimee 9 - The Man on the Bottle by Gustav Meyrink 10 - The Strange Looking Man by Fanny Kemble Johnson 11 - The Iron Shroud by William Mudford 12 - Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy 13 - The Shape of Fear by Elia W Peattie