The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow
A Warning For Readers & Parents
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NOTE: Book 1 & Book 2 are being completely rewritten. They are getting darker and darker. Everything is vetted by the boss, who is ten years old. But only one scene has been removed because it was too dark!
The scenes being cut out or toned down are the most disgusting, frightening and disturbing scenes imaginable for a ten-year-old boy! They contain:
Romance, Kissing, Love, Embarrassment, Cringe, Yucky Stuff!
Parents and readers should consider whether this is appropriate for younger children! This is aimed more at young adult and adult audiences. If you request a copy of the full book it gets a lot darker later on...please see the notes below.
[SPOILERS] An explanation of the project. This is so much more than just a series of books. It is being used to teach a vast array of skills. It has also been used as a discussion point for challenging real world topics/issues in a positive way. That may not become obvious until much later in the book(s).
Warning! Complete And Utter Nonsense...
Warning! Complete And Utter Nonsense...
The general consensus from feedback is "A Little Less Conversation And More Action Please" to quote a specific reviewer. The rework will contain more fighting, violence and weirdness. The creator and manager of "The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow" project is 10 years old. He specifically sets the tone for the majority of it, and where his co-author breaches a threshold he is not comfortable with - it is reigned in/toned down/cut/moved out to a future book. This is mostly the romance and yucky kissing parts, not the violence or other topics!
However the books do cover a number of challenging topics and issues. We have discussed these issues in a positive way as part of a learning process. We have considered them, and we have the advantage that we know what happens later on. Without that context and discussion it might cause confusion or distress to younger/sensitive children.
We think this is on a similar level to watching Lord Of The Rings which covers most of these topics, and based on that we might vaguely recommend readers are aged 12+. But that is a guess! This all new to both of us.
Book 1 Contains:
Book 1 Contains:
A Bizarre Mix Of: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Horror, Nonsense and Darkness, with different writing styles.
Mild curses and language: No real swear words.
Violence, Death & Killing (Seriously toned down, but there is fighting, fight scenes, and people die.)
Injury Detail (Seriously toned down.)
Multiple Mental Health Issues, PTSD, Suicide, Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Self-Harm, Depression, the list goes on.
Kissing, Love Pentagrams & Romance (There are absolutely NO sex scenes)
Alcohol Use
Suicidal Tendencies / Depression
Bunnies Dancing With Butterflies Under Rainbows (we offset to try and make it humorous. We tackle subjects, and we can be cruel, but remember we have written over 800,000 words. You might be surprised as to how things turn out in the end.)
ADHD (such a broad sweeping statement.
The Sarcophagi
18+
"Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints"
Reference: [Iain M Banks - Surface Detail]♥️
Special Circumstances.
Abominator Class
General Offensive Unit
[Picket]
"Sadistic. Borderline eccentric and very slightly psychotic."
Falling Outside The Normal Moral Constraints
Falling Outside The Normal Moral Constraints
The Sarcophagi (18+) Book 1 - FrostWalker (18+)
A portion of all profits, planned special events, and releases, will be dedicated to children's charities.
The creator of TDIACLS influenced The Sarcophagi with regard to background, character design, technology, world building, storyline, the ending, and the plot. He helped design the backdrop and came up with some brilliant ideas. He has NOT been allowed to read, or been involved with the darker scenes!
Writing sections of the series I was in tears. I shelved it for 6 months because I was so disturbed by what I was writing. I may have read some sections a dozen times, but I still cry when I read them again. Some sections make me feel physically sick. It is shock tactics, but there is a reason behind it. Unlike another Scottish author who writes trash to shock. That simple, he's scum writing for scum, and using shock tactics with no morals behind it. I try to do better, but that won't be obvious until much later in the series.
I'm most definitely NOT talking about Iain M Banks who had a moral backbone. I love Iain M Banks and he heavily inspired TDIACLS and The Sarcophagi! He writes some hard hitting and disturbing books, but it's brilliant. Surface Detail made me feel physically sick at points, and call me weak, but just as I did with writing The Sarcophagi, I had to take a break from reading Surface Detail at points. It is without a doubt one of my favourite book of all time, and yet I've only read it twice? It's a bit like Schindler's List and The Shawshank Redemption. Both brilliant, with a moral backbone, but I'm not in a hurry to watch either of them again.
The Sarcophagi starts silly, but at points it is utterly brutal and sickening! It might seem gratuitous, sexist, and it might play on stereotypes? The Sarcophagi will offend a lot of people, especially those who don't read it through to it's conclusion.
A portion of any profits from The Sarcophagi will go to children's charities. We focus on protecting children, and in this case hammer that message home brutally. One of our first steps when creating the project was agreeing on a theme. Good vs Evil. Education, protection and support for our children! We fight for the children!
If that hasn't scared you off... Within That Dark A Single Flame - Chapter 0
[REMOVED FOR NOW - COMPLETE REWRITE UNDERWAY WHICH WILL BE EVEN DARKER - 2025]
Chapter 0 [REMOVED FOR NOW]
Low quality prototype of Chapter 0
The first location [SECRET] created in Minecraft
Chapter 0 [REMOVED FOR NOW]
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