Shining in the Dark

Celebrating 20 Years of Lilja's Library

By: Hans-Åke Lilja - editor

Narrated by: Jacques Roy, Robert Petkoff, Corey Brill, Madeleine Maby, Pete Simonelli, Matthew Lloyd Davies

From the founder of the #1 Stephen King news website Lilja’s Library comes a terrifying and deliciously creepy anthology of horror stories, including a rare story from Stephen King himself, classics by Clive Barker and Edgar Allan Poe, and a novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In).

Celebrating twenty years of the expansive Stephen King fan site Lilja’s Library, this creepy collection of stories is perfect for horror fans of all backgrounds. With a terrifying story that has never been previously included in any of Stephen King’s collections, Shining in the Dark is an unforgettable anthology, featuring short stories by some of the genre’s best-known and most talented authors.

Stories include:
“The Blue Air Compressor” by Stephen King
“The Net” by Jack Ketchum and P. D. Cacek
“The Novel of the Holocaust” by Stewart O’Nan
“Aeliana” by Bev Vincent
“Pidgin and Theresa” by Clive Barker
“An End To All Things “ by Brian Keene
“Cemetery Dance” by Richard Chizmar
“Drawn to the Flame” by Kevin Quigley
“The Companion” by Ramsey Campbell
“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe
“A Mother’s Love” by Brian James Freeman
“The Keeper’s Companion” by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Wonderful surprise.

While I bought this collection for the opportunity to hear an early Stephen King story, it was the rest of the book which turned out to be very enjoyable, fresh, polished.

Mostly a miss for me

A Mother's Love was the only story in this collection that I truly loved. King, Ketchum and Poe's stories were also good but the narrators didn't work for me. I bought this on sale so I guess I got enough for my money.