From Dark to Light

By Ron Dailey

Imagine, just imagine, if you could awaken a spirit from the grave. What would he say? How would he react? How about if you could accompany a panther on a late-night hunt or a spider could voice how he thinks as it prepares and captures his next meal? Are you ready for a vicious fight between a lion and tiger deep in the jungle, where they will fight for the title of king of beasts?

I have always loved the rhyming story tales, and in this collection, I try and bring those days back where you can read along and sing to stories of imagination and creativity that take you on journeys never before ventured.

So dare come inside and read how the earth will protect her darkest secret from ever being revealed.

Light a candle, and let your journey begin.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796015423

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Copyright © 2019 by Ronald Dailey.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2019901648

ISBN:                Hardcover                978-1-7960-1541-6

                          Softcover                  978-1-7960-1540-9

                          eBook                       978-1-7960-1542-3

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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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Rev. date: 02/13/2019

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CONTENTS

My Poet Introduction

The Crypt of the Forsaken

The Grave

The Darkened Night

Her Octagon of Death

The Soul That Had No Name

Ali’s Last Goodbye

A Smile and a Child

The Howling Growls

Sands of Time

The Wish

The Silent Cry of Death

Of the Horses Fallen Down in the Snow

A Perfect Kind of Love

Entranced—A Shakespearean Sonnet

Words

Dracula’s Halloween

Existence

Who Is Really the King of Beasts?

Visions

The Wishing Well

For If You Leave, Should I Not Know?

Drench Me in Your Glory

My School Day Adventure

The Peekaboo Squirrel

Pickles, the Dancing Grizzly Bear

Sniffles

The Tale of the Four Trophies

Snow

An Ode to ye Ole Stock Market

The Tale of a Certain Worker

A Vision in the Dark

The Visitor in the Night

Satan Bear Introduction

Abandoned

Dark Places

Death Guard

Her Dark Kept Secrets

The Warrior

The Friend Request

Secrets Kept

My Phone Call from Heaven

The Story Man

Friends

The Wisdom Tree

The Story Tale

The Forest in the Dark

My Childhood Teaching Place

Candle, Candle

His Dark Embrace

My Darling, My Darling, My Baby

I’ m a lover of nature, above all. My favorite place to be is the Shenandoah Mountains, hiking the waterfall trails. The animals there are so much fun to photograph and be around. It is so peaceful and relaxing, so different from the city that I live in.

On rainy days that are too wet and soggy to be out adventuring in, I take up my other passion, writing poetry. Edgar Allan Poe is my favorite author and poet. I enjoy his rhyming poems like no other. He is also from Baltimore, just a short drive from where I have grown up. I try to write as he has done, in a rhyming-meter story tale. So this book is written in the style I like to read. I read my poems as I write them down.

I am an honorably discharged marine who has served four years in Hawaii. My goal as a writer is to be in an immortal book of poems next to Edgar Allan Poe.

My Poet Introduction

I can tease you with a story;

I can tease you with a rhyme,

For if you want my words to dance,

Well, jump up and get in line.

T here is nothing like a story tale

With a meaning and a ring

That captures you in a special way

As you read along and sing.

S o come on along my journeys

Through my sorrows and my joys

Where