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Fear of the Dark: Stories My Mom Would've Liked
Want to be unnerved, but don't have much time?
Take a quick journey through three tales that will make you wonder, make you shiver, and make you avoid your own reflection. Buckle up and hang on as Leigh Grissom, author of The Eden Evolution Series, takes a side trip through the darker parts of her mind in her triumphant return to writing short stories.
Take a quick journey through three tales that will make you wonder, make you shiver, and make you avoid your own reflection. Buckle up and hang on as Leigh Grissom, author of The Eden Evolution Series, takes a side trip through the darker parts of her mind in her triumphant return to writing short stories.
63 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2022
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January 6, 2026
Author of Light. Voice of the Underdog. Queen of Short Horror.
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Leigh Grissom does it again. I'm not a fan of reading fiction, but this collection had me gripped, and contemplating. These aren't just scary stories—these are cautionary tales for anyone who’s ever missed the signs. And let’s be real... IYKYK. Some of y’all needed to hear these screams. 😏
I remember early drafts of two of these pieces years ago and being stunned at the emotional punch they carried even then. To hear them now, fully realized, published, and wrapped in such a powerful tribute to her mom was moving.
Leigh isn’t just a storyteller. She’s a champion. Her work lifts up the voices too often silenced—youth, disabled, LGBTQ+, veterans, misfits, dreamers, starseeds, black sheep, and everyone else told they're “too much.” Her fiction hits because it's rooted in truth, but told with care. Her horror is human. Her heroes are flawed. And her villains? Whew.
There’s a character inspired by me in her Eden Evolution Series—Emelia Macron— If you ever caught our Social Media Theater antics, you see how she inspires creativity.
I’ve been plotting my cosplay since Book 2. But none of that matters if she doesn’t keep writing.
So Leigh, if you're reading this: You’ve got something rare. Keep writing. You honor your mother and empower the rest of us every time you publish. And you already know—I bought this without using a credit because I believe in you. Keep going. Keep writing. These stories are saving people. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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Leigh Grissom does it again. I'm not a fan of reading fiction, but this collection had me gripped, and contemplating. These aren't just scary stories—these are cautionary tales for anyone who’s ever missed the signs. And let’s be real... IYKYK. Some of y’all needed to hear these screams. 😏
I remember early drafts of two of these pieces years ago and being stunned at the emotional punch they carried even then. To hear them now, fully realized, published, and wrapped in such a powerful tribute to her mom was moving.
Leigh isn’t just a storyteller. She’s a champion. Her work lifts up the voices too often silenced—youth, disabled, LGBTQ+, veterans, misfits, dreamers, starseeds, black sheep, and everyone else told they're “too much.” Her fiction hits because it's rooted in truth, but told with care. Her horror is human. Her heroes are flawed. And her villains? Whew.
There’s a character inspired by me in her Eden Evolution Series—Emelia Macron— If you ever caught our Social Media Theater antics, you see how she inspires creativity.
I’ve been plotting my cosplay since Book 2. But none of that matters if she doesn’t keep writing.
So Leigh, if you're reading this: You’ve got something rare. Keep writing. You honor your mother and empower the rest of us every time you publish. And you already know—I bought this without using a credit because I believe in you. Keep going. Keep writing. These stories are saving people. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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August 6, 2022
Horror, as a genre, is extremely broad. Gore, ghosts, goblins gobbling goobers, gabby gadabouts getting grabbed, galas going gaga. As long as it starts with ‘G’, you’re usually all good. The slow burn psychological stuff is, IMHO, the hardest to pull off in a short story and that’s where Leigh Grissom’s Fear of the Dark excels. There isn’t much in the way of monsters eating little girls, so you’ll have to fulfill your weird kinks somewhere else. What is there, is a short collection of unsettling stories. These aren’t pull your hair out and start praising the Elder Gods in the desperate hope that the teeth won’t come for you (they will, but that’s another story). These are the kinds of stories that leave you feeling vaguely paranoid and generally worried. Slow, creeping kinds of things that sneak up on you when you look in the mirror or trek out to the witch’s cabin for poker and California cheeseburgers.
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March 22, 2025
This book of short stories made me mad... because I wanted more. Any of these could be developed into a full book or even a movie.
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