A Sliver of Darkness: Stories

By: C. J. Tudor

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Synopsis: The debut short-story collection from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man, hailed as &“Britain&’s female Stephen King&” (Daily Mail), featuring eleven bone-chilling and mind-bending tales&“All hail the queen of scream. A Sliver of Darkness is C. J. Tudor at her spine-tingling, nightmare-inducing best. Read it if you dare.&”—Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the EndTime slips. Doomsday scenarios. Killer butterflies. C. J. Tudor&’s novels are widely acclaimed for their dark, twisty suspense plots, but with A Sliver of Darkness, she pulls us even further into her dizzying imagination.In &“The Lion at the Gate,&” a strange piece of graffiti leads to a terrifying encounter for four school friends. In &“Final Course,&” the world has descended into darkness, but a group of old friends make time for one last dinner party. In &“Runaway Blues,&” thwarted love, revenge, and something very nasty stowed in a hat box converge. In &“Gloria,&” a strange girl at a service station endears herself to a coldhearted killer, but can a leopard really change its spots? And in &“I&’m Not Ted,&” a case of mistaken identity has unforeseen fatal consequences.Riveting, macabre, and explosively original, A Sliver of Darkness is C. J. Tudor at her most wicked and uninhibited.