When the Light Leaves your Eyes
A collection of ten adult psychological horror stories
When The Light Leaves Your Eyes offers a unique blend of emotional tension and supernatural payoff, appealing to readers who demand character-driven and viscerally terrifying horror. This terror is further amplified by haunting, color-palette-specific illustrations, strategically placed at points of maximum impact to match the stories’ visual theme and guarantee nightmares that linger long after the final page is turned.
What Color Is Fear?
Red, of course. It’s the easy answer: the color of blood. Or perhaps Black—the shroud of death that hangs over us all. But when the end finally comes, what will you see? It is the choking Blue of deep water closing over your head. The Yellow of a lone bulb fighting to stay lit. The disorienting Green of a forest that refuses to let you go. The Brown of a stalking animal that has made you its prey
This collection explores the full spectrum of dread, revealing exactly what hue fear takes When the Light Leaves Your Eyes.
Beth, Eat!
Do you know what’s worse than struggling with addiction? Facing it alone. In "BETH, EAT!" Beth’s Binge Eating Disorder sponsor relapses, leaving her to confront the hungry voice inside her head on her own. Driving home in a manic state, she seeks refuge at the last place she'd ever go: a seedy gas station where a strange derelict seemingly knows her secret.
Gone. Fishing
On a remote lake, surrounded by majestic Spruce trees at the height of summer, Ford and his son, Douglas, have “GONE. FISHING.” Only problem is, this might be the last trip they share. On the surface, it’s a necessary trip Ford planned to bare heartbreaking news of his terminal cancer diagnosis. However, beneath the water, trouble takes on a whole different form.
Squashed Dreams
Aspiring artist, Jackie sees Cavan, Indiana’s prestigious pumpkin carving contest as her ticket out of small-town mediocrity and into the glitz of Hollywood special effects. But her pride and desire for revenge against a rival leads her to make an erratic choice, pitting her in a race against time and a collision course with malevolent spirits at the mysterious O’Sullivan Farm. Leaving her to question whether she’ll be left with “SQUASHED DREAMS.”
About Us
From childhood friends filming on Hi8 camcorders to recent fathers collaborating as professionals, our Midwestern roots have always been steeped in the macabre. We’ve traded our parents' cameras for the keyboard, focusing our shared creative energy on the intricate, unsettling world of psychological horror writing.