The Road to Darkness, 19 Stops on Your Journey to the Unknown, is made up of three parts: Ghosts and Goblins, So many Ways to Die, and The Jack Thatcher Chronicles.

The first part, Ghosts and Goblins, contains seven stories, widely varying in content. Each is written with what I would call an open-ended style, meaning that you are left wondering, and with your imagination running. I found this quite a very positive aspect to these stories; because, really, how do you know what will happen next while driving down a lonely road in the middle of the night, miles from anywhere? Or when you catch that night train, what might you see standing in the tracks around a corner? And what did you say your daughter's prom date was called? I should watch him if I were you!

Part Two is a collection of imaginative ways to die; great stories with great descriptions.  The style of this writer takes the reader with him on a journey into each story in a thoroughly exciting way, and truly portrays there are indeed many ways to die!

The final part of the book takes us into the realm of everyone's nightmare. For instance, how well do you know the person you work with? Are you sure he's a good guy? (Ever been with him at full moon?)

If you want horror, Shawn Madison will give it to you. If you want imaginative, well-crafted stories, he'll give you those too. Make sure though that you're tucked up in a safe place before you begin reading, with your windows barred and your doors locked because these stories are quite explicit. And if you dare to read these tales around a campfire this summer, just watch it will you?  What did you say you thought that rustling was in the woods back there? Are you sure?

This horrific assemblage of Shawn P. Madison's heart-thumping tales will lead you down the darkened road of his psyche. Shawn is one of my most favorite authors and he has not disappointed me in this collected works of his superlative stories. His softened whispers will send terrified chills down your spine as he reveals 'A Father's Guilty Pleasure', when the train rolls around to a familiar face that haunts him and the bloodcurdling fear of being inside Corbett's Cage as the eerie darkness closes in around him after having his comrades savagely killed and his ship sunk into the cold waters.

Or you can journey another route and vacation to a place known as: so many ways to die. There you will enjoy a boat ride for a group sailing to a dark continent, until you are awakened to one of the most terrorizing African landscapes that will leave your heart pounding and your eyes reddened. Upon their arrival, it was feeding time in the most brutal and vile frenzied of ceremonies, and by Vacation's End you will pray you never go down that passage again.

Shawn P. Madison is certainly an author that knows how to reach into his fans and replace their dreams with grave nightmares! This road will lead you down a menagerie of terrors, but which way will you go? Shawn directs you to 19 different outcomes on the other side, the outer realms of reality, places beyond your wildest imagination. Your destination: THE ROAD TO DARKNESS... Don't panic, follow the lingering dreadful feeling through these bizarre nineteen paths of terror with caution. I highly recommend this book!