![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
goodreads
Title: In Darkness and LightAuthor: Allison Rogers
Genre: Short stories, horror
Rating: 3/5
# pages: 190
Date read: January, 2012
In "Wait for Me" you'll discover what happens when online meetings go badly... or very well, depending on your view. And in "Slither" you'll see just how dangerous sinkholes can be in small town, rural America. You'll delight in eerie yet touching tales of brittle humanity, including "Tea in Meadows", the author's own recount of near-death experience. "Tell Her She's Beautiful" shares with you the good that can happen after a long day of work and a sleepless night. And "Green's Rest" celebrates life in a most unusual and fantastic way. Jeremy Incubus is here, waiting to make your acquaintance. The Daiva, immortal creatures of forgotten lore, come out to play. Are you willing to join their games?
It's often hard to rate a collection of short-stories, as the individual stories can vary a lot in quality. This was very much the case here - some I would have rated 5 stars, others just 1.
Some of the stories would have worked best as writing prompts for longer novellas or even novels. One especially, about a husband and wife disappearing into a sinkhole, I felt ended far too early, both because the story intrigued me, and because I felt it had ended without a real ending.
On the other hand, I LOVED the stories about Jeremy and Olivia, and could happily have read an entire book just about them! I hope Allison Rogers will expand on their story in a later novel.
