Darkness Falling — Peter Crowther

First, the flash. A glare of light, just before dawn, followed by utter darkness. A vast blanketing nothingness that covered the whole Earth.

Then, the disappearances. Friends and strangers alike, swallowed by the darkness... and then returned, altered, changed.

For the people of Jesman's Bend, it feels like the end of the world. But this is only the very start.