The Dark Side 2: Day Zero and Other Stories is a mix of stories, dividing broadly between six’horror’ stories and six’thriller’ stories. Horror stories often fill us with dread and show us a much darker side of human behaviour. At the same time, they can be funny and satirical. The other six stories are more varied. Some are thrillers where the main aim is to excite the reader. Some like’Auto Message’ try to say something about how technology is affecting our daily lives. Others like’The Curse’ try to show us, in a humorous way, how greedy people could be.
The great thing about stories is that they carry us into another world on top of helping us to learn words, parts of speech and sentence construction. If we dive into the pool of good stories, we’ll learn how to swim – using those good examples in our own writing.
▋ 12个故事 - Day Zero 讲述世界末日将至时会发生的恐怖事情
- Be Careful What you Wish For 讲述主角从网络收到特务组织的招募电邮,邀请他成为特务,他的任务竟然是要杀死自己的好友……
- The Curse 讲述一张会说话的100元钞票,以第一身角度说出自己的经历,谁成为它的主人谁就会被咒诅……
- Doppelganger – the Double讲述主角有一个跟自己一模一样的替身,刚开始时很高兴,但慢慢地替身开始做坏事,情况变得失控……
Adrian Tilley taught English in the UK and Hong Kong before taking to writing full time. He has two young adult novels to his credit, The Spider's Web and The Damaged, Cheung Chau Paradise and Other Stories, The Dark Side and now The Dark Side 2 – Day Zero and Other Stories. He has written plays about Hong Kong's history and also writes screenplays. He specialises in creative writing workshops for young people internationally. He lives in a 400 year old barn in Devon, England. He plays golf and music, both rather badly.