A Glimpse of The Dark

by Natasha McNeely

A teenager's taste of death.
A lover's fall from grace.
A spiteful ex's chance at revenge.
A fearful girl's moment of peace.
An ancient heir's breakthrough in magic.
A succubus' memories of a painful past.
A scorned son's night of fun.

Seven stories, seven topics. Seven tales fill this book and lurk in the darkest depths of fantasy. The dark is their common theme, while each individual story shows an entirely different view. The victim, the successor, the antagonist. Take a look through the eyes of each character and live their lives, feel what they feel, and find out what drives them.

Many horrors lurk in the dark. Are you ready to see them?

26 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 7, 2011

Reviews

[Nakaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am a friend of the author, and as such, I fairly often find myself in the privileged position of reading her work before the rest of the world does, so I am familiar with her writing. I had not read any part of these short stories before so the collection on the whole was new to me entirely.
Familiarity with one aspect of a writer’s work seemingly does not always prepare one for other things they’ll shake out of their pen (or keyboard). As a result, I enjoyed (and was taken a little by surprise by) the variety of style and tone per story.
Not generally a big fantasy fan, I found myself favouring the more conceptual and philosophical stories over those that more clearly simply tell a short tale, but someone whose personal choice goes out more to fantasy side might not have that issue.
All the stories raise their own kind of intrigue I’m sure many readers will enjoy and find themselves wishing there was more.

[Caedy Eries · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a friend of the Author. I was essentially gifted this collection and I count it amongst one of my favorite gifts received this holiday season. Natasha is a fantastic writer. I do share one complaint that some of the stories tend to leave you with a bit more questions that can't be answered. However, it is the stories themselves that present questions that make me think throughout the stories.

A favorite. I love this book.

[Robert Beveridge · Rating 2 out of 5]

Natasha McNeely, A Glimpse of the Dark (Natasha McNeely, 2011)

Collection of short-shorts that show why the short-short is such a hard format to write correctly. If you think you're not getting enough meat in the majority of Kindle shorts, imagine a Kindle short divvied up into seven unrelated sections and... you get this. Character development? Oh, please. (And if you're thinking “there's no room for character development in a short-short!”, you haven't been reading the right authors.) Author has some interesting ideas, but that alone is not enough to carry these stories. * ½

[Fiona (Titch) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very weird set of 7 stories from an author I've never read anything by.