Title: Drowning in the Dark and Other Stories



A beach that wipes people from memory.

Aliens that just want to help humanity along a little bit.

Monsters who love their fight club.

A woman who trades a piece of her future to help a child.

Guilt that serves as a door to dark visions for a young boy.

Matt Tighe’s Drowning in the Dark and Other Stories is a collection of the bitter sweet, the darkly comedic, and the disturbingly confronting. Including multi-award winning and nominated tales as well as originals, the characters within will scare you, hurt you, and raise you up for the truest of reasons—they are you.

  • Drowning in the Dark and Other Stories
  • Horror short fiction collection
  • Author: Matt Tighe
  • Australian English
  • ISBN: 978-1-923382-18-3 trade paperback
  • ISBN: 978-1-923382-19-0 ebook
  • RRP: US$14.99 (US$5.99 ebook)
  • Publisher: IFWG Publishing International
  • 200 pages – paperback, English
  • Binding: Perfect bound
  • Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm
  • Purchase ebook or trade paperback here or through our distributor (IPG Books)
  • Key Words: Adult Fiction; horror; short fiction; novellas; collection;
  • Publication Date: 6 October 2025 (global release)
  • Distributor: World-wide through IPG (IPG specific in North America, NewSouth Books (partner) in Australia/New Zealand.