The sun has set. Darkness settles in. There is quiet. Nothing stirs, at least not yet. All is quiet; all is peaceful. But then a shriek and something moves in the shadows. And a sound... Of chopping, chopping, chopping in the woods. Then a woman in white on a lone road. A cry from below ground. A phone call from beyond. The stranger in the shadows. These are tales from the dark. This is the second book of the From the Dark series. These stories originally appeared in the series Tales for a Dark Night.