Description:
"McIlveen always delivers."
--Jeff Kivela - Buttonholed Book Reviews.
Brief description: John M. McIlveen is the author of the paranormal suspense novel, HANNAHWHERE, winner of the 2015 Drunken Druid Award (Ireland) and nominated for the 2015 Bram Stoker Award (HWA). A Variable Darkness is his third story collection (Jerks - 2011, Inflictions - 2014). He is CEO of Haverhill House Publishing and is Facility Manager at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory. He lives in Haverhill, MA with his wife Roberta Colasanti.
Review Quotes:
"A Variable Darkness is a veritable feast of darkness, in infinitely varied shades. Great stories, great variety. Don't miss it!"
--F. Paul Wilson, bestselling author of The Adversary Cycle and The Repairman Jack Series
"John McIlveen has a gift for the sinister--for the chilling, the thought-provoking, and the double and triple twist. These stories are the mesmerizing work of a master of suspense, and they will haunt you long after you close the final mind-blowing page. The writing is so elegant--I can almost hear Rod Serling narrating!"
-- Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of THE FIRST TO LIE
"With A Variable Darkness, John McIlveen has leveled up. These stories are the perfect blend of heartache and heartless, somehow simultaneously unflinching and brutal, with a trademark thread of dark humor. This collection deserves your attention. I can't wait to see what he does next!"
--Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Red Hands
"This collection takes cliches and turns them inside-out, upside-down in the best, unusual ways. There are magical beings, ghosts and humans making questionable decisions, the resulting repercussions become dark entertainment in McIlveen's gifted imagination."
--Linda D. Addison, award-winning author of "How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend", HWA Lifetime Achievement Award winner, and SFPA Grand Master.
"John McIlveen's A Variable Darkness is a breathtaking collection. Its stories run the gamut from wise, lushly written prose to modern, witty tales. Each story dives beneath the surface and contains fathoms. I thought about "Nobody's Daughter" for days."
--Mercedes M. Yardley, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Little Dead Red
"Reading John M. McIlveen's stories feels like listening to a seasoned storyteller weave words into magic around a campfire. The stories in this collection are scary, sad, funny, heartwarming, and make you think a little more deeply about the people we see around us every day. He gives us witches, goddesses, aliens, smelly ghosts, and so much more to make you laugh, cry, or send a shiver down your spine."
--Michelle Renee Lane, Bram Stoker Award nominated author of Invisible Chains