Appearing as a bonus story on Sherrilyn's web site and at the back of early editions of Sins of the Night, it can now be found in print form in its entirety in the novel Acheron in the Dark-Hunter series.


This is a short story written years ago by Sherri as an intro to the Dark-Hunter world.

The Beginning was originally published as a short story in a small press magazine called The Voice in 1990.

The Beginning,is also in the back of Sins of the Night early print editions (St. Martin's Press, 2005) NOTE: This short story appears as a chapter in Acheron, located in Part I-Greece, 7382 BC