| "The Dark and the Young" |
| Published in: |
Bound for Evil (Dead Letter Press) |
| Date: |
February 2008 |
| Ordering: |
Dead Letter Press
Realms of Fantasy Books
Horror Mall
Camelot Books
Lisa's Lair Bookstore |
| Notes: |
Like "Inheritor," this is one of my earlier stories. It also has one of my favourite openings:
Human innocence in its purest form is a newborn child. It usually wears off in six to eight weeks.
How can you not like a story that starts off like that?
"The Dark and the Young" is about a woman hired by a shadowy organization to translate the text of an artifact known simply
as Black Book. Lots of babies, lots of monsters, and a guy named Thumper.
Seriously. |
| Reviews: |
"The Dark and the Young" received an honourable mention in Best Horror of the Year, Volume One.
Bound for Evil was nominated for a 2008 Shirley Jackson Award in the category of Best Anthology. |
