Almost Dark A Novel
Almost Dark, a novel by Letitia Trent, is published by Open Road Integrated Media in November 2020. This 248-page work presents a ghost story set in a seemingly idyllic Vermont town, exploring themes of guilt and the supernatural. The narrative follows Claire, who, after a tragic incident involving her twin brother Sam, grapples with her past while working as a librarian. As Claire’s quiet life unfolds, she begins to experience unsettling visits from Sam, intertwining their fates in a haunting exploration of memory and loss.
Readers will find a blend of fantasy and horror as the story delves into the dark history of an abandoned textile factory, which is set to be transformed by an ambitious developer named Justin. The novel navigates the complexities of Claire’s emotional turmoil and the eerie presence of her brother, while also hinting at the violent past that lingers within the town. With elements of the occult and domestic life woven throughout, Almost Dark invites readers to confront the shadows of both personal and communal histories.
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An “intelligent, melancholy, and terrifying” ghost story set in a picture-perfect Vermont town (Paul G. Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World).
In 1993, teenage Claire and her twin brother, Sam, sneak out to Farmington’s old textile factory, where they’ve heard the high school kids go to party. When Sam falls into a basement window and injures himself, Claire runs for help, thinking she’s left Sam alone. But something horrible is inside the otherwise empty factory with him . . .
Fifteen years later, Claire is working as Farmington’s librarian, secretly wrestling with her guilt after her brother’s death. She leads a quiet, lonely life–until Sam begins visiting her.
Meanwhile, Justin, an ambitious business developer, has come to town to transform the abandoned factory into a new boutique retail location. But a painful, violent past lies behind the building’s walls that, for everyone’s sake, might be better left undisturbed . . .
“A lyrical, haunting, and unsettling story . . . [crafted] out of the skeletons and whispers of a small town with a decidedly tragic past.” –Richard Thomas, author of Disintegration
“Recalls the golden era of 1970s and 1980s horror fiction, but burnished with an entirely contemporary voice, crafted with a poet’s eye for detail and ear for language. Reminiscent of the early work of Rosemary Campbell and Charles L. Grant, simultaneously chilling and poignant, this novel and its inhabitants hauntedme long after I had uneasily put it down.” –Michael Rowe, author of Enter, Night
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