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    Urban Horror Volume 2: Four More Short Horror Stories
    Urban Horror Volume 2: Four More Short Horror Stories
    Urban Horror Volume 2: Four More Short Horror Stories
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    Urban Horror Volume 2: Four More Short Horror Stories

    By Richard GK Stark

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    What! No Vampires or Zombies! Something far more original.
    Gripping, hard-hitting Contemporary Horror stories that lie on the edge of what is reality and what is fantasy.
    Following on from the highly successful Volume One comes four more stories.
    Each story features a contemporary character (they may remind you of someone you know) who finds themselves in an everyday situation (one that we may all have experienced at some time) that is given a horrific twist. In this volume the stories are as much SciFI/Twilight Zone as Horror, but still guaranteed to scare.
    Suitable for readers age 14 and up.

    In this series :

    Doors - a high flying lawyer leaves the family firm he began with to join one of the biggest Law Firms in the World. Will he regret it?

    Spam Door To Door Spam - a single mother is harassed by spam and door to door salesmen.

    Saved By the Devil - A young man finally gets to see the world as it 'really' is.

    Shopaholic - A teenage girl likes nothing more than to go shopping with her friends, but when a new Shopping Mall opens on the edge of town she gets more than she bargained for.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard GK Stark
    Release dateDec 19, 2013
    ISBN9781311805133
    Urban Horror Volume 2: Four More Short Horror Stories
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    Richard GK Stark

    Richard GK Stark is based in the UK. His background includes a Degree in Physics and 17 years experience working in New Media Publishing - including Video, Books, CD-ROMs & Internet Publishing.He is also a talented Classical Singer, from which he now makes a full time living. (see http://www.richardstark.co.uk)He also runs a Publishing Company, RGK Media Ltd.He first noticed a talent for writing as a child, his stories became very popular with the other kids during school or on camping trips.Up until now working in Publishing and Opera Singing took up the majority of his time.His first book - Four Short Horror Stories, focusses on contemporary characters in everyday experiences that are given a horrific twist.More Short Horror Stories and Comedy/Fantasy works are planned for future release.He has also written two Operas.

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      Urban Horror Volume 2 - Richard GK Stark

      Urban Horror Volume 2 :

      Four More Short Horror Stories

      by Richard GK Stark

      Copyright © 2013 by Richard GK Stark

      Website : http://www.richardstark.co.uk

      Smashwords Edition

      © 2013 Copyright RGK Media Ltd. All Rights reserved.

      Preface :-

      These Short Horror Stories are the second in a series of contemporary urban stories. They have a common theme in that they are based on everyday experiences we have all had, but given a horrific twist.

      The characters are all contemporary, everyday characters (in fact they may remind you of someone) and the situations they find themselves in are all ones that could happen to all of us – so the next time that you do.

      More horror stories are planned for later in the year, as well as full length novels, so tell your friends and look out for future releases.

      Doors

      Horror Story by Richard GK Stark

      And so with a verdict of Not Guilty the defendant is free to leave the court. The judge states at the end of a three week trial.

      Moments later the defendant shakes his lawyer’s hand, a man in his early thirties who has been tipped as one of the high flyers of the future. As he turns to leave the court another man in his thirties calls out to him.

      Josh! You did it! You got him off! Brilliant! How do you do it? You always seem to get what you want. Let’s go celebrate.

      After the usual acknowledgements and handshakes with the defendant and even the opposition’s team of lawyers, they head off to a quaint little pub round the corner, where two more friends are already there.

      This was Josh’s fifth case in a row he had managed to win and he was starting to make a name for himself. He took a moment to check his text messages, a mixed bag.

      Congratulations darling. I’ll be with you in an hour. xxx That was from his latest girlfriend whom he met just over a week ago.

      Congratulations on a brilliant piece of work today. As we discussed earlier we are happy to offer you a junior partnership at Carbottle and Trevis. A job offer from a rival firm of Solicitors, one of the largest not only in the City, but in the world.

      Just to let you know I’m having the locks changed, so if you could pop the keys round. Wishing you all the best. From his ex-girlfriend who had tired of never seeing him and his philandering.

      After reading the messages Josh looked up and said Drinks on me, I’ve been offered a partnership at Carbs, to which there were loud cheers. A lot of his peers looked up to him, were jealous of his tenacity and single-mindedness and his ability to always get what he wanted. Josh would tell them it was just his nature, but the truth was that he had seen the way his father had allowed himself to be swayed by the needs of others, living in a pokey little terraced house next to his invalid grandmother whilst his uncle had gone to University and made a name for himself in the Automotive Industry, travelling the world. His father had told him how Josh’s grandmother had been crippled with Polio when he was just 17 and so had to turn down a University place in order to look after her, but Josh had watched with envy as his uncle had grown from strength to strength whilst his own family remained static. Josh had vowed never to allow that to happen to him.

      The following morning he awoke, as usual, at about 7am and made the trip to his office, a small but friendly, family run Solicitors Firm near the river. He was thinking how to tell his boss, a fair but tough man in his mid fifties, who was also the owner of the business his family had run for nearly 70 years, that he would be leaving when he received a phone call asking him to come into his boss’s office.

      Well, here goes. Josh thought to himself as he made his way up.

      As he entered the office his boss got up from his desk and went over to shake his hand. Well done Josh, I knew you could do it. Brilliant. I’m so proud of you, you’ve come a long way since I offered that young lad his Articles ten years ago.

      Thank you Sir. Josh said, rather perfunctorily.

      This firm has been missing someone with your tenacity, intelligence and fire. I see a great future for you here. This firm has been under performing for years, but now with new blood like you we can really restore it to its former glory.

      Josh smiled but didn’t say anything.

      How would you like to be a junior partner? Said his boss, staring intensely at Josh.

      Hmmm, wow. Said Josh, trying not to laugh but show gratitude.

      I see great things for this Firm, and you could be a major part of it. I won’t be holding the reins forever and I’ll need someone like you to take over in a few years. His glare intensified.

      Wow thank you. Josh said, as he began to smile. But there’s just one problem.

      His boss’s eyes froze and the cheeks on his face began to go red. He seemed to have an inkling what might be coming next, as if he’d been in this situation before.

      I’ve been offered a partnership at Carbottle and Trevis which I’ve already accepted. This last part wasn’t quite true as he hadn’t formally accepted the offer yet.

      Years of representing clients had taught his boss to know when someone is telling the truth, someone is telling complete lies and when it’s something in between, and sensing in Josh’s voice that there was still a chance to keep him he went on the offensive.

      I know Carbottle. They are an excellent Firm. I know several of their team, in fact one or two of them used to work for me. I know they are an International Firm and I can’t directly compete with that, but they are also ruthless, and if you slip up or let personal matters get in the way they won’t hesitate to pass you by. If you stay here you’ll be family. We’ll look after you.

      I know but the trouble is I’ve already accepted the position. Josh said, trying to look at him without flinching.

      How much have they offered to pay you? Said his boss, with both intensity and a hint of desperation.

      Well I…

      I’ll match it, and I’ll include a bonus scheme for every client you manage to get, and even every case you win.

      Ummm I don’t know. Said Josh, though in his mind he had already decided to leave. He’d loved his time working here but he’d always wanted to work for one of the big firms like Carbottle. In fact he had plans to move to their office in either LA or New York.

      Sensing that Josh had already made his mind up to leave but that the terms of his move hadn’t been agreed yet, his boss changed his tone.

      Come on Josh. I need you here. I’ll look after you as I’ve always done. Don’t let me down now.

      There was a long pause as Josh pondered what to say next. In fact it was the kind of pause in which you could have heard a pin drop, one of those moments in his life (we all have them) where he had reached a crossroads. If this was a film there would be dramatic, suspenseful music playing but being just real life there was nothing but the muffled sounds of traffic from the street three floors below. Trouble was Josh had already made up his mind. His problem was how to tell his boss without upsetting him. He was a passionate man (you always are when it’s your own business) and he didn’t want him to take it the wrong way. Trouble is, there’s no easy way to say no. After about forty seconds Josh shifted in his seat, looked up and said

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