Fear the Darkness, Shun the Light

Greenwich, Connecticut. New York City. Saskatchewan. Rural Kentucky. Terror is everywhere…from the frozen Canadian wastes to America’s heartland, in settings rural and urban, it afflicts equally the wealthy and privileged, the downtrodden and despondent. It comes in the form of a supernatural ravager, hellbent on revenge, a freak weather event that occurs at the worst possible time, a reanimated corpse who refuses to lie quiet. It strikes seemingly at random, without rhyme or reason…or does it? In this collection of short stories by acclaimed author Steven Finkelstein, you must judge for yourself. Are the subjects of these tales the victims of no more than cruel happenstance, or were they somehow singled out for turmoil and woe? Consider carefully, and keep a weather eye open as you do…what moves in the corner might be more than shadows. It makes sense to fear the darkness, for what might be lurking there…but the light must be equally shunned, for its radiance might reveal something that was better left hidden.

About the Author

Steven Finkelstein was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Walnut Hills High School, graduating in the spring of 1999. He moved to Pittsburgh later that same year, attending Point Park College until 2002, at which time he transferred to the University of Pittsburgh. He graduated from Pitt in April of 2004 with a B.A. in English Writing. Since then, he has spent time in Los Angeles, New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Myrtle Beach. He has written several books, a screenplay, a comic book series, and many short stories and essays. Over the past few years he has had stories featured in a wide variety of different publications, both online and in print, in the U.S. and abroad. Since 2016 he has resided in upstate New York with his wife, Megan.

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