WELCOME TO GEHENNA AND OTHER TWISTED TALES
This book is a work of experimental fiction. Expect something strange and unusual.
A short story collection like none you have ever read before. Darren R. Scothern takes you on a tour of madness and heartbreak in a series of tales that is disturbing, moving and utterly compelling.
Each story is a fragmented puzzle which gradually unfolds as the true depth of psychological torment reveals itself in all its grim decadence.
The title story Welcome to Gehenna drags you into cardboard city, and the dramatic nightmares of Eddie, the Gulf War hero.
Inside the Box reveals student Melanie’s terrifying psychotic confrontation with the laws of quantum physics.
Anxiety is the absorbing tale of Paul, who blurs reality and blood-frenzied fantasy as he asks himself, What did I do?
Ante Litteram is the mind-wrenching bio of a boy who doesn’t know if he is real.
There is a change of pace in Survival, the gentle story of Annie’s love, loyalty, grief and loneliness.
Finally, the collection finishes with a bang: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc is a twisted, fragmentary tour of shocking memories from an old house. As a special feature, author Darren R. Scothern has included an intimate commentary on this story.
This story collection will shock and disturb, but you will not be able to put it down.
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