ASliver of Darkness

Eleven truly terrifying short stories from Britain's leading female horror writer, perfect for Halloween . . .Lauded as 'Britain's female Stephen King' (Daily Mail), C. J. Tudor's spine-chilling thrills have made her the most exciting new talent for decadesSince her debut novel The Chalk Man published in 2018, all of C. J. Tudor's novels have hit The Sunday Times top 10 bestseller chart. She has sold almost a quarter of a million copies across all formats and her latest novel, The Burning Girls, was a Richard & Judy pick and her new novel The Drift will be coming in 2023

Tudor was shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award and longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2019. She won the Barry Award for Best First Novel and the prestigious Golden Bullet Prize at the Norwegian Krimfestivalen for The Chalk Man

BBC Studios Production have secured the rights to develop The Chalk Man into a six-part drama and Tudor's latest novel, The Burning Girls has been optioned for TV from the creator of The Bridge and MarcellaPerfect for readers who enjoy The Haunting Season, Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-tale Heart, Susan Hill's The Woman in Black and Netflix's Stranger Things

C. J. Tudor's love of writing, especially the dark and macabre, started young. When her peers were reading Judy Blume, she was devouring Stephen King and James Herbert.
Over the years she has had a variety of jobs, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, dog walker, voiceover artist, television presenter, copywriter and, now, author.
C. J. Tudor's first novel, The Chalk Man, was a Sunday Times bestseller and sold in over forty countries. Her second novel, The Taking of Annie Thorne, was also a Sunday Times bestseller as was her third novel, The Other People. All three books are in development for TV. Her fourth novel, The Burning Girls, was a Richard and Judy Book Club selection and has been adapted for television by award-winning screenwriter Hans Rosenfeldt (creator of The Bridge and Marcella). It will debut on Paramount Plus in 2023. The Drift is her fifth novel and has also been optioned for the screen. C.J. Tudor is also the author of A Sliver of Darkness, a collection of short stories.
She lives in Sussex with her family.
Twitter @CJTudor
Facebook @CJTudorOfficial

C. J. Tudor's love of writing, especially the dark and macabre, started young. When her peers were reading Judy Blume, she was devouring Stephen King and James Herbert.
Over the years she has had a variety of jobs, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, dog walker, voiceover artist, television presenter, copywriter and, now, author.
C. J. Tudor's first novel, The Chalk Man, was a Sunday Times bestseller and sold in over forty countries. Her second novel, The Taking of Annie Thorne, was also a Sunday Times bestseller as was her third novel, The Other People. All three books are in development for TV. Her fourth novel, The Burning Girls, was a Richard and Judy Book Club selection and has been adapted for television by award-winning screenwriter Hans Rosenfeldt (creator of The Bridge and Marcella). It will debut on Paramount Plus in 2023. The Drift is her fifth novel and has also been optioned for the screen. C.J. Tudor is also the author of A Sliver of Darkness, a collection of short stories.
She lives in Sussex with her family.
Twitter @CJTudor
Facebook @CJTudorOfficial

All hail the queen of scream. A Sliver of Darkness is C.J. Tudor at her spine-tingling, nightmare-inducing best. Read it if you dare...This unsettling collection of stories from a writer often called the 'British Stephen King' deftly inverts the banal and unremarkable to reveal their underlying horrorBeautifully barbaric, creepy as hell and crammed with barbed wit, Tudor can say more in one short story than many writers can manage in a full length novelBrilliantly creepy and perfectly executedA decadent and phantasmagorical descent into the dark chasm where I first fell in love with horror fiction. Told with real heart along with daemonic savagery, these are stories to luxuriate with in the tenebrousChillingPRAISE FOR C.J. TUDORIf you like my stuff, you'll like thisA dark star is bornSome writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time

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A creak of the floorboard, a shiver down your spine, the feeling that you're not alone...

Join a group of survivors who wash up on a deserted island only to make a horrifying discovery. Meet a cold-hearted killer who befriends a strange young girl at a motorway service station. Travel along eerie country lanes in a world gone dark, enter a block of flats with the most monstrous of occupants and accompany a ruthless estate agent on a house sale that goes apocalyptically wrong.

These eleven twisted tales of the macabre from the bestselling author of The Chalk Man are your perfect companions as the nights draw in...if you're brave enough.

Praise for C. J. Tudor:

'If you like my stuff you'll like this' Stephen King

'C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next' Harlan Coben

'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail

'A mesmerizingly chilling and atmospheric page-turner' J.P. Delaney

'Her books have the ability to simultaneously make you unable to stop reading while wishing you could bury the book somewhere deep underground where it can't be found. Compelling and haunting' Sunday Express

'Some writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time' Lee Child

'A dark star is born' A. J. Finn