A Candle in the Dark and other tales

"Phillips is an ominously inventive and eerily humorous storyteller."
-Jason M. Waltz, editor Rogue Blades EntertainmentEleven eerie short stories of frightening and fantastical horror fiction. From asking for that first date, going through a temporary separation, and making your way home to a loved one. Relationships begin and end, and along the way some wonderful and frightening things can happen.
Sometimes relationships are sad or scary, at moments they can be funny or poignant. But there is also hope and joy, bonding and healing. And quite often, there is a sprinkle of magic and mystery in the best relationships.
In this new collection, C.L. Phillips delves into the nature of relationships. A family of magic users faces their past. A witch tries to understand her executioners. A father and son share a traumatic bonding experience. A man makes his way home, crossing a strange, dark land while searching for the love he left behind.
A witch and her executioner try to understand one another.The sole survivor of the Cado Lake Massacre and his son share a traumatic bonding experience.A lost man makes his way home, crossing a strange, dark land searching for the love he left behind.A family of magic users discover the power that bonds them and faces their past.Soldiers in the desert discover a terror older than war.More praise for the writings of C.L. Phillips: "Here at the beginning of his career, Phillips shows an affinity for crafting short stories. Compelling and unnerving, chilling and entertaining. An impressive collection. He's an author we'll be watching closely for the next decade."
-Purple Wall Stories "C.L. Phillips delves into the familiar depths of Lovecraft and Poe, but unlike other authors who seem to keep finding the same old rotting corpses, Phillips finds fresh bodies electrified by a keen pen and uncommon insight into what we fear...and love. This collection is one of my favorites and belongs on any horror lover's bookshelf."
-Benjamin T. Lambright
Author of Retrofit & Original Copy