Stories from the Dark side 2

Some doors should never be opened. Some wishes should never be spoken. And some things are always, always waiting.

Colin Readron returns to the dark side with seventeen chilling tales of terror, temptation, and the terrible price of getting exactly what you want.

A cottage in the woods that only finds children when they are desperate. A grandmother whose porcelain figures look far too lifelike. A stranger with a ring of a thousand keys who offers ten more years of life, for a price. A sat nav that knows where you really need to go. And a young soldier in the Flanders mud, still waiting for the order to advance.

Inside this collection:

• House of Dreams: two children follow a forest path to a cottage full of food, toys, and dreams they will never wake from.
• The Collection: Marvin is sent to stay with his grandmother, whose finest work is yet to come.
• The Keeper of Keys: an ancient figure appears to those who have given up, with a bargain no one should accept.
• Property of Rome: a couple builds their dream home on land that has never forgotten its dead.
• Unfinished Manuscript: a detective searches for a missing horror writer and finds the story is still being written.
• Her Perfect Game: a brilliant new boss, a ruthless rise, and a collection of broken lives.

From haunted monasteries and cursed curiosity shops to lonely country roads and locked rooms, these stories blend classic British ghost-story atmosphere with sharp, unsettling twists that linger long after the final page.

Perfect for fans of Tales of the Unexpected, Inside No. 9, The Twilight Zone, and traditional ghost stories told by the fire.

Turn the page, if you dare. Sleep well.