Into Darkness

Those that seek demons, shall find them
Those that do not, shall be found...

The human mind is equally brittle as it is brilliant. Stretched beyond reason to acts of madness, plagued by obsession, possessed by demons and the desire to reach out into the black void in search of what should, ultimately, be left alone...

In this collection of eight Twisted Tales, Marcus Blacksmith seeks out the dark corners of the human psyche. The frayed edges of the mind where reality blurs with the incredible. Where reason plunges into the distorted landscapes of nightmare and the spaces inhabited by demons. Those that inhabit the mind, and those that wait in the darkness...

If you are a fan of Tales of the Unexpected, Creepshow, Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, Twilight Zone, Black Mirror, Poe, Jackson, Barker, King - then there is something lurking for you within these 324 pages.

Marcus Blacksmith is a resident of the Cotswolds, England. Wolds End was his first independently published work. A collection of eight stories of supernatural retribution, all set in the area he lives in.
Into Darkness is the second of a collection of three books of short stories called Twisted Tales. All with supernatural and psychological horror themes. As this book is published, he is working on a separate project, an illustrated novella, which he hopes to publish in 2026.

Marcus lives with his wife and daughter and still has a full time job in the tourist industry.

His other interests are, music - going to gigs to watch up and coming indie and punk bands. Reading - dystopia, history, horror and magical realism. Old and decayed buildings; the older, more decayed and creepy, the better. And anything to do with Carnivals and freakshows.