the dark side 2：day zero and other stories

　　【核心賣點】
　　12個恐怖驚慄短篇故事讓讀者身處其中，發揮想像。既有助讀者培養廣泛的閱讀興趣，也含有提高英文寫作能力的範例，有助學習地道英語。  

　　The Dark Side 2: Day Zero and Other Stories is a mix of stories, dividing broadly between six’horror’ stories and six’thriller’ stories. Horror stories often fill us with dread and show us a much darker side of human behaviour. At the same time, they can be funny and satirical. The other six stories are more varied. Some are thrillers where the main aim is to excite the reader. Some like’Auto Message’ try to say something about how technology is affecting our daily lives. Others like’The Curse’ try to show us, in a humorous way, how greedy people could be.
 
　　The great thing about stories is that they carry us into another world on top of helping us to learn words, parts of speech and sentence construction. If we dive into the pool of good stories, we’ll learn how to swim – using those good examples in our own writing.

　　▋ 12個故事
　　- Day Zero 講述世界末日將至時會發生的恐怖事情

　　- Be Careful What you Wish For 講述主角從網絡收到特務組織的招募電郵，邀請他成為特務，他的任務竟然是要殺死自己的好友……

　　- The Curse 講述一張會說話的100元鈔票，以第一身角度說出自己的經歷，誰成為它的主人誰就會被咒詛……

　　- Doppelganger – the Double講述主角有一個跟自己一模一樣的替身，剛開始時很高興，但慢慢地替身開始做壞事，情況變得失控……

本書特色

　　1) 全書包括12個短篇故事，有恐怖的，也有驚慄的，大部份以香港為背景。
　　2) 內容多樣化，透過故事探討一些現實主題，例如世界末日、網絡惡作劇變成悲劇、科技如何逼迫人類、現代人被奴役的悲哀及對未來的恐懼。
 

作者簡介

Adrian Tilley

　　Adrian Tilley taught English in the UK and Hong Kong before taking to writing full time. He has two young adult novels to his credit, The Spider's Web and The Damaged, Cheung Chau Paradise and Other Stories, The Dark Side and now The Dark Side 2 – Day Zero and Other Stories.  He has written plays about Hong Kong's history and also writes screenplays. He specialises in creative writing workshops for young people internationally. He lives in a 400 year old barn in Devon, England. He plays golf and music, both rather badly.