title: Woman in Black
author: Darling, John
description: Woman in Black is an eclectic collection of short fiction, and one small play, that I have written over the course of several years. When I write, the story always comes first while the genre is almost accidental. If a story is best told as a hard edged science fiction tale, such as the signature story of this book, then that is how it is told. This being the case, you will find a variety of writing styles in this collection from Young Adult Fiction in Jennifer Rising and Peter the Paper Clip to Romantic Fiction in The Treasure of Arroyo Seco and Crash and Burn, and then find Science Fiction in the Woman in Black and Saving Abraham. I have purposely left the collection unsorted by genre as well so readers will be surprised by what is coming next. You might be chasing down Jack the Ripper with Debra (our Woman in Black) on one page and then be experiencing what true love really means on the next. No matter which way the words take you, I know that you will have a great time!