Showing results for "Dark" in Contemporary Fiction

Sam returns home from a business trip a day before his son's 13th birthday and is looking forward to being with his family when his world is cruelly shattered in one fell swoop. Initially he thinks he can cope with the loss but finally seeks the help of Cynthia, an experienced therapist, to regain his equipoise. What he does not know is that Cynthia herself is trying to cope with a debilitating divorce and the sinister shadow of her ex-husband over her daughter....

The story of the world’s deadliest industrial disaster – The Bhopal gas tragedy, told through an emotional lens of memories of an unsung hero. A son of the soil who lost everything like the city did, but reclaimed everything, just like the city did.

When a couple renovate a beautiful 17th-century house in the Cotswolds, they discover the ghosts of the Civil War are still in residence. As Guy and Ruth delve into the property's history, uncovering both joy and sorrow, the house finally relinquishes its secrets, revealing how closely the family from the past is intertwined with the present-day owners. Why do they seem so familiar? Have they perhaps met before?

"J'étais au trente-sixième dessous. J'avais du verre pilé à la place du cœur. Quand j'ai rencontré Dominic, tout a changé. Peu à peu, la douleur s'est atténuée. J'ai réappris à être heureuse. Je n'aurais jamais soupçonné à quel point il était exaltant de s'abandonner. C'est aussi à Dominic que je dois cette découverte. Avec lui, j'explore un univers inconnu où le plaisir et la douleur ne font qu'un, à l'image de cet amour en clair-obscur dont il m'entoure. Un amour qui me laisse pieds et poings liés.

"The Haunter of the Dark" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5-9 November 1935 and published in the December 1936 edition of Weird Tales (Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 538-53). It was the last-written of the author's known works, and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The epigraph to the story is the second stanza of Lovecraft's 1917 poem "Nemesis". The story is a sequel to "The Shambler from the Stars", by Robert Bloch. Bloch wrote a third story in the sequence, "The Shadow from the Steeple", in 1950.

Après dix ans passés derrière les barreaux, Riley Materson revient à Riverton, sa ville natale. Il a l'intention d'aider Sheldon, son frère, qui a pris la direction des Droks suite au décès de leur paternel. Toutefois, Riley ne s'attendait pas à devenir leur chef, comme l'avait exigé son père. Lui qui désirait justement écarter Sheldon et Hayden de ce milieu dangereux où règnent les trafics d'armes, de drogue et la violence ; il va devoir revoir ses résolutions.