| "The Candle" |
| Published in: |
Shadows & Tall Trees #2 |
| Reprinted in: |
Imaginarium 2012
Every House Is Haunted
eShort |
| Date: |
August 2011 (Shadows & Tall Trees)
July 2012 (Imaginarium 2012)
October 2012 (Every House Is Haunted)
January 2013 (eShort) |
| Ordering: |
Shadows & Tall Trees
Undertow Books
Imaginarium 2012
ChiZine Publications
Every House Is Haunted
eShort
(Kindle) (iBooks) (Google) (Kobo) (Nook) |
| Notes: |
"The Candle" received an honourable mention in The Best Horror of the Year, Volume 4 edited by Ellen Datlow.
This quiet little horror story was inspired by the year my wife and I rented the first floor of a house in downtown Peterborough.
The couple in the story isn't us, but nearly everything else is true.
Except for what happens to them. |
Reviews: |
“The Candle” by Ian Rogers is a superb example of “quiet horror” lurking behind daily trivial events such as the bedtime conversation of an old couple and the simple act of getting up to check if a candle has been blown out.
— Hellnotes |
