email:  tonystewart3@bigpond.com

When a million year old creature  threatens the world – who ya gonna call?

                 THE NIGHT OF THE DARKNESS

                                                                                                  by Tony Stewart

tonystewart3@bigpond.com

(Note:   This the correct e-mail address, but it may not work from this blog.)

‘THE NIGHT OF THE DARKNESS’ is the first in a series of related sci-fi/adventure stories I have written and hope to have published by early 2020.

Whilst it is being edited and posted to the blog it is free to read if your are interested, but certainly not to be reproduced for commercial reasons … or any other reason.

The episodes are output roughly every two – four weeks, though as I draw ever closer to the final chapter I hope to release them more regularly.    Though time will tell.   The main reason for any unexpected delay is usually when I see the need to include a new chapter, or extend an old one (or even completely rewrite it).   And this does happen.   I have already created around fifteen new chapters up to this stage.   Ah well, the best laid plans … as they say.

Anyway, enough chit-chat.    Here is some information that will help guide you through the ongoing BLOG and help you locate the various episodes.

NOTE 1:   The SEQUENCE of pages are listed in EPISODES not CHAPTERS, and some EPISODES have several Chapters.  This is because the first two chapters are not ‘CHAPTERS’

NOTE 2:   Press ICON (top right of blog) to go to EPISODE 1 from any EPISODE.

NOTE 3:   Each CHAPTER has a LINK to the FOLLOWING EPISODE at the top of the page.   NB:   Once the following episode has been EDITED and POSTED the previous EPISODE will be amended accordingly.   Until that happens the last episode blogged will advise that the NEXT EPISODE has not yet been posted.

MINI SYNOPSIS

A 35 year old clerk, orphaned at birth, a loner in life, unexpectedly finds his world turned upside down when he becomes involved in a case of mistaken identity.   The tale that awaits him at the unplanned meeting causes his heart to beat wildly: adrenaline to flow freely through his veins as the promise of the adventure of his life appears to unfold before his eyes.   But what he didn’t know was that it could also result in the loss of his life.

ABOUT ‘THE EDGE OF NIGHTFALL’

‘The Edge of Nightfall‘ is an ongoing adventure story with sci-fi/horror overtones that currently expands over four volumes commencing with volume 1: The Night of the Darkness,   ‘The Legend of Zargon‘ , which will further explain several aspects of the story proper which (unfortunately) were glossed over in the story proper due to space limitations, and (soon to come), a board game, el cheapo style.

‘The Night of the Darkness’ (vol 1),  is the main reason for this blog. and it is currently being released as blogs in ‘episode’ format following the editing of each chapter.   The episodes are currently being posted as a free-to-read, free-to-share, but not-free-to reproduce, blog – roughly every two weeks, though there will occasionally be a delay in a posting.   This usually occurs when a new chapter is introduced, or should a large portion of an existing chapter require amendment.   

‘The Legend of Zargon’ (a series of stand alone chapters which expand on certain reference points within a variety of chapters throughout the entire series) will eventually be will be added to my web site.   This reference manual is not likely to be posted until the end of this year, but a separate blog will be output when the first version has been posted.

THE USE OF SYMBOLS

The * symbol will appear within various episodes of the blogs for ‘The Night of the Darkness’ (vol 1).   These symbols, when used , refer to either one of the volumes of ‘The Edge of Darkness’, or The Legend of Zandor.

SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS

The abridged blog version of, ‘The Night of the Darkness‘ by Tony Stewart  is available via wordpress and tumblr for a limited time.

PAST CHAPTERS

There are several ways that you can gain access to the earlier blogs including using the link at the top of this blog.   It will all depend on where you are starting from, but there are two things that you must know in advance, and that is (due to technical difficulties) the very first episode is called ‘START HERE’ on wordpress.    All other episodes are numbers.   eg: episode 2.  

Episode one (1) (START HERE) starts the book – episode 2 is next – episode 3 is next and is also Chapter one.   They are only referred to a ‘EPISODES’ because the blog is posted in an ‘EPISODIC’ format.    For more details, please read on. ***

Press ‘HERE’ to go to ‘Episode 1‘. ***

Or type ‘start here‘ * in the ‘wordpress‘ search menu’ to go to Episode 1.***.

For all other episodes simply type in the episode number. eg: ‘episode 7’ in the ‘wordpress’ search menu’ ***

***NB1:   The story begins with  ‘HISTORICAL EVENT’ (Episode 1) (START HERE), followed by a ‘PREFACE’ (Episode 2).   THEN ‘CHAPTER 1’ (Episode 3).

 CONTACT DETAILS

For further information please e-mail me at shortfatstubbyfingers@yahoo.com.

Should it fail to deliver for any reason please use tonystewart3@bigpond.com, but remember to quote ‘The Night of the Damned‘ enquiry in the SUBJECT field.

Or (using GOOGLE*) go to my website (SHORT FAT STUBBY FINGER STORIES) at

tonystewart3.com/shortfatstubbyfingers*

*GOOGLE will normally give you a choice between my blog and my web site.  Google will list the word ‘wordpress’ in connection with the blog site and ‘short fat stubby fingers’ will be listed in the wording of Google’s offerings for the web site.   Other search engines will continually offer you a U.S.A. NASCAR driver, or other such dissociated web sites, and ignore my web site completely.

Whether you became a new, or are a continuing, reader I sincerely hope you enjoy the story.   And please email me should you have any comments.   tonystewart3@bigpond.com

Regards, and happy reading

Tony S

AGAIN, SHOULD YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTO E-MAIL OR WEBSITE LINKS PLEASE MANUALLY CONTACT ME AT tonystewart3@bigpond.com  (thanks).