The Painted Darkness The Painted Darkness

The Painted Darkness

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Publisher Description

When Henry was a child, something terrible happened in the woods behind his home, something so shocking he could only express his grief by drawing pictures of what he had witnessed.  Eventually Henry's mind blocked out the bad memories, but he continued to draw, often at night by the light of the moon.

Twenty years later, Henry makes his living by painting his disturbing works of art.  He loves his wife and his son and life couldn't be better... except there's something not quite right about the old stone farmhouse his family now calls home.  There's something strange living in the cramped cellar, in the maze of pipes that feed the ancient steam boiler.


A winter storm is brewing and soon Henry will learn the true nature of the monster waiting for him down in the darkness.  He will battle this demon and, in the process, he may discover what really happened when he was a child and why, in times of trouble, he thinks: I paint against the darkness.

But will Henry learn the truth in time to avoid the terrible fate awaiting him... or will the thing in the cellar get him and his family first?


Written as both a meditation on the art of creation and as an examination of the secret fears we all share, The Painted Darkness is a terrifying look at the true cost we pay when we run from our grief—and what happens when we're finally forced to confront the monsters we know all too well.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2010
July 3
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
175
Pages
PUBLISHER
Brian James Freeman
SELLER
Brian Freeman
SIZE
148.5
KB

Customer Reviews

Bboewe ,

The painted darkness

This was good! I thought I knew how it was going to end but I was wrong. Never expected the father to die. I guess the imagination can be very powerful especially when you can't control it! I really enjoyed this book!

Antmusic1 ,

One of the best quiet horror books I've read

I read this book last year, and I have to say, its quiet chills really got to me. I loved it!

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