From the Darkness, there is light.

I finished Deep in the Darkness and, man, I was a little blown away. While the book started very similar to King's Pet Semetary, it took an ugly, ugly turn about 1/3 of the way through.

Michael Laimo did an excellent job creating a situation in which there seemed no escape, and the whole time you are rooting for the characters to escape anyway. I'll definitely be reading more of his work.

Quick Laimo story...

At last year's HorrorFind, I was on my way to getting drunk. At the time, I had a pretty healthy buzz going when I saw Matt Warner, author of The Organ Donor, walk by. I went up to him to ask him a couple of questions about Donor.

Well, come to find out, it wasn't Warner I walked up to, but Laimo.

Boy, did I feel like an ass.

But, hey, if I didn't make the mistake, I never would have read Darkness, so everybody is a winner!

And in my drunken defense, here are pics of the authors...

First, Laimo.



Next, Warner (he is on the far right in this pic).



See! Sure they don't look that much alike NOW, but put a couple beers in you!!