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- @ THE STORIES
-
-
- This file contains blurb (brief, promotional text) inviting you to
- read each of the stories contained within Dark Portal. It will simply
- give you an outline of the stories available for you to read, along
- with any comments or warnings (I kid you not) I may feel neccessary
- to mention. Please note that a '*' means the story contains nasty
- scenes, and '@#!' means it contains loads of swear words (oh shut up,
- it's only a laugh).
-
- Without futher ado, lets get cracking...
-
-
-
- NIGHTMARES
- ~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Why "nightmares"? Easy - because that's what these stories are, in
- general: frightening, fictional incidents, most of which could only
- happen (or we hope could only happen) in our very worst dreams. That's
- not to say they're all horrible. Confused? Read on...
-
-
- ? THE BLUE CLOCK
-
- Dark Portal kicks off with the tale of a very untidy kid. No, I take
- that back - this little guy's bedroom makes the aftermath of an earth-
- -quake look presentable. Nobody is going to make him clean it up
- though. Oh no, there's no chance of that ever happening... unless of
- course, the thing that's making the ticking noise at night decides to
- show itself...
-
-
- ? SAM'S TERRIFYING TRIP TO THE TOILET
-
- It all begins with an aching bladder... and ends in a chaotic fight
- between good and evil. How can a trip to the school bogs endanger the
- sanity of a ten-year-old kid? What's beyond that weird U-bend? And
- just what the hell do girls piss out of? Read this and you'll never
- raise your hand in class again...
-
-
- ? THE HUT (@#!)
-
- Neale Grant, Quatermass Experiment programmer, writer and general
- genius (I arselick him not) wrote this exceptionally good short story
- about childhood life. Cheers Neale for letting me use it in DP. Please
- note this story is NOT horror. It's just damn fine writing.
-
-
- ? BLOOD RUSH
-
- When Carl's mother returns from the supermarket, she really goes
- beserk. Why? It's easy enough to find out...
-
-
- ? DARK STAR
-
- This is one of the oldest stories in Dark Portal, based on the true
- story of a shy young man. He meets a girl he fancies at a party who,
- despite her apparent niceness and beauty, hides a nasty secret...
-
-
- ? RUBY
-
- Samuel's grandfather has never told such a frightening bedtime story
- before. He wouldn't mind if the story was just something somebody made
- up. But this one isn't. This one's about real things, real happenings.
- Dark, terrifying happenings...
-
-
- ? FREEDOM'S EDGE (@#!)
-
- Two abused and neglected children join forces and decide to travel to
- a legendary land of freedom. Despite the awkward use of English at
- times (the story was begun in 1992 when I couldn't spell or write to
- save my life) I think you'll enjoy this one. It's a personal favourite
- of mine, believe me.
-
-
-
- BEYOND TERROR
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The "Beyond Terror" stories are much more gruesome than the ones
- mentioned above (is that possible?! Yes, believe me!). Be very
- careful, for what you read may disrupt your sleep for some time to
- come. Anything particularly nasty (and potentially offensive) has been
- marked with an asterix (*).
-
-
- ? COLD BLOOD (*)
-
- Vincent isn't taking his step-daughter to school. Nor is he taking
- her into town to buy some lovely new clothes or to see a movie at the
- cinema. No. The only thing he has in mind is extermination : a murder
- so cold blooded it makes torture seem like a delightful experience...
-
-
- ? BANISHED
-
- Eric Harrison knows only three things: he's a bad person, he's in a
- bad place, and something bad is going to happen to him...
-
-
- ? THE PAYBACK BOY (*)(@#!)
-
- Or "How To Deal With School Bullies". Oh this story is just soooo
- SICK it's unbelievable. It was much too horrible for TQE, so here it
- is in DP. I love it!
-
- ? GRRR
-
- Harvey's stuck in his car, twiddling his thumbs, bored stiff, waiting
- for his wife to come out of the hair salon with YET ANOTHER new style.
- It's raining damned hard. Snoopy won't stop grinning at him. And just
- what the hell is watching him through the side window...?
-
-
-
- ? BESTIAL INFLUX (Parts 1-4)(*)(@#!)
-
- She's not very attractive. She's got a terrible lisp. She's nervous,
- inexperienced. She can not protect herself. But now, she doesn't need
- to - something has chosen her. Something dark, cold, evil... Something
- that personally, I wouldn't like to meet on a dark night...
-
-
-
- AND THE TQE EXAMPLE STORY IS
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- ? ABOUT TURN
-
- ...a wicked little science fiction short story to give you a taste of
- TQE's delights. Included with Dark Portal with permission from that
- good old doctor of sci-fi - Neale Grant.
-
-
- # ...and that concludes this edition of Dark Portal. Read on...
-
-
-