Scotland – a mysterious place full of dark happenings…

Discover Dark Scotland in our new collection of short stories written by award-winning and international bestselling authors!

Let our tales of ghosts, ghouls, mysteries, and madness get under your skin, as we travel the length and breadth of Scotland – and across the sea to Nova Scotia. Encounter old battles, dramatic landscapes, hidden worlds, and intriguing characters.

First, head back to World War I when a young officer is sent from the Western Front to Edinburgh to be treated for shell-shock – and finds his own salvation in poetry.

Then we visit Tarbat Ness Lighthouse, where the Summer Solstice reveals what it truly means to be a lightkeeper.

Next, we meet a doctor with a fascination of scalpels and an ex criminal hiding from his past, before we head to Milngavie where a fresh start ends up in a disagreement over a rowan tree – with unexpected consequences.

Discover who is really dancing to Free Reel’s Dance of the Dead, then head to the rugged west coast where myths and legends have grown from truth. Among the mists, they wait for their prey.

And onwards we delve into the 16th century, where Catherine tries to escape her cruel husband before we learn how a woman who’d suffered a great loss adjusts to a new kind of life.

Head to Edinburgh in 1781, where a storm is looming, heralding the end of the world. Meanwhile, in St Andrews, a drunken student stumbles into an eerie twilight world hidden in the shadows of the cathedral ruins.

Now you cross the Atlantic to Nova Scotia! A family heirloom drives a young couple to the brink of insanity.

Then we find ourselves on the Isle of Skye where the lives of two legends of Irish mythology are changed forever.

Join us in 1984 during the Miners’ Strikes, where tensions run high in a small Scottish mining town, and the cause pits brother against brother.

And finish with a camping trip that takes a horrifying turn when three teenagers break into a supposedly abandoned house!

Dark Scotland: fifteen gripping short stories that make you want to leave the lights on!

All proceeds we receive for Dark Scotland go to two worthy charities: The Halliday Foundation in Glasgow and ME Research in Perth.

Participating authors:

Ross Alexander
Sue Barnard
Samuel Best
Denise Bloom
Caoimhín de Paor
J.K. Fulton
James Gault
Tom Halford
Penny Hampson
Joanna Krystyna Radosz
Brodie Simpson
Alan Taylor
Patrick Welsh
Jennifer C. Wilson
Edward Yeoman

With a foreword by Wendy H. Jones, Author of the DI Shona McKenzie Mysteries, and President of the Scottish Association of Writers.

Don't miss out on this unique collection of short stories set in Dark Scotland!