The Garden of Stars

A young, unnamed narrator eschews a typical life of going to college and settling into a career and, after having a fight with his mother about this fact, decides to run away from his life. He escapes to the town of Mable Point, and here he decides to strike out anew and carve out a new path for himself. However, things quickly prove to not be as they seem in the town, where a beautiful, other-wordly place known as The Iris Gardens resides, and the narrator finds himself caught in the midst of strange visions, shadowy figures wandering the town, and multicolored lights that shine in the bay to the south east of the town. Along the way, he makes two friends, James and Gavin, and together, they must work to unravel the mystery of The Garden of Stars.

About the Author

Samuel Canerday grew up in the state of Colorado, and will forever remember the sight of the Rocky Mountains looming miles to the west. He started writing from an early age, and his fascination with mythology led to a fondness for verse from reading Homeric epics. After relocating to the south east US, he continued his creative endeavors and developed an ardent passion for the genre of horror, finding inspiration in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Robert W. Chambers, and Edgar Allen Poe. He now seeks to blend the broad, metaphorical concepts of mythology with the subtle nature of horror, linking the most innate nature of mankind with the shadows that are often regarded by humans as bestial and dark.

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