title: Black Evening: Tales of Dark Suspense
author:  David Morrell 
description: David Morrell is best known for testosterone-fueled thrillers like <i>Extreme Denial</i> and <i><a href="/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446364401/${0}">First Blood</a></i> (whose excellent movie version, reissued on <i><a href="/exec/obidos/ASIN/0784011206/${0}">DVD in 1999</a></i>, stars Sylvester Stallone as Rambo). But Morrell has also penned many frightfully scary short stories. In <i>Black Evening</i>, he presents 16 of his favorites, each with a fascinating introduction explaining what provoked him to write it.
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  # The One Before
  
  
  ## A totally gripping suspense thriller with a shocking twist
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Miranda Smith
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![Bookouture](../images/00003.jpeg)
  
  
  ![Bookouture](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Books by Miranda Smith
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [_The One Before_](https://geni.us/B08F5FX5R9endmatter2)
  
  
  [_What I Know_](https://geni.us/B086KYVB9Vendmatter2)
  
  
  [_Some Days Are Dark_](https://geni.us/B083Z73FQDendmatter12)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Available in audio
  
  
  _What I Know_ (Available in the [UK](http://zpr.io/HnuJt) and the
  [US](http://zpr.io/HnuJf))
  
  
  _Some Days Are Dark_ (Available in the [UK](http://zpr.io/tSjR8) and the
  [US](http://zpr.io/tSjRw))
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0004_split_000.html#3Q280-ba3a5cffaaa14c46bf01ea52e2e89d23)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0005_split_000.html#4OIQ0-ba3a5cffaaa14c46bf01ea52e2e89d23)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0006_split_000.html#5N3C0-ba3a5cffaaa14c46bf01ea