Frank Romain moves to New York City, to escape his fear of darkness. In New York, the lights never go out. But, one night, Frank walks down a mysterious staircase and stumbles into an alternate universe, where every fear, superstition and urban legend of every New Yorker, past and present, comes to life, including ancient horrors from American Indian folklore. Frank learns that he can run, but he can't hide. Even in the city that never sleeps, sometimes the lights go out. Find out what happens to Frank in ''Scotophobia,'' one of four bone-chilling tales in Richard Poe's Perfect Fear . " Perfect Fear conveys a perfect, subtle terror: eerie, engrossing, almost Jungian, as it teases the subconscious. Richard Poe evokes Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood and other masters of horror." --ROGER CORMAN Academy Award-Winning Producer/Director The Masque of the Red Death , The Pit and the Pendulum , Little Shop of Horrors "As a filmmaker, it's really exciting to read stories that are cinematic in scope and style. I loved Perfect Fear . Richard Poe has tapped into real primal fears that we all experience -- including some of my own childhood fears!" --PAUL BALES Chief Operating Officer, The Asylum Producer, Sharknado , Sharknado 2 , Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus "The stories in Perfect Fear are riveting and really kept me on edge. Bravo to Richard Poe. Very good stuff." --CONSTANTINE MAKRIS , director, Orange is the New Black , Warehouse 13 , Law and Order "Moves with cinematographic speed... abundant outpourings of blood... bitterly funny..." --NINA ZIVANCEVIC , author of Death of New York City , Inside & Out of Byzantium , Living on Air Richard Poe is a New York Times -bestselling author, screenwriter, filmmaker, and award-winning journalist. His non-fiction books have covered science, history, business and politics. Used Book in Good Condition