Book cover of Not a Speck of Light

Book description

One of Paste Magazine's "Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2024"

It’s about to get very dark.

Bram Stoker Award-winning author Laird Barron returns to the dark and dreadful with his fifth horror collection, which weaves sixteen weird tales into a mosaic of the bloody and the macabre.

Bring a flashlight…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked Not a Speck of Light as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Not a Speck of Light is the fifth collection of short stories by Laird Barron and contains tales in his Old Leech mythos as well as in his Antiquity universe. Simply put, he's the preeminent horror short fiction author of our times. This collection is stunning in its dark imagery and oozes horror from its pores. I generally enjoy psychological horror more than gore and Barron excels at the gentle dance between the two. If you enjoy shorter reads with eldritch gods, entities from the ichor of nightmares, and characters who are at battle with themselves, you'll want a copy…

If you love Not a Speck of Light...

Book cover of The Rosewood Penny

The Rosewood Penny by J.S. Fields,

2023 Queer Indie Award Nominee!

The dragons of Yuro have been hunted to extinction.

On a small, isolated island, in a reclusive forest, lives bandit leader Marani and her brother Jacks. With their outlaw band they rob from the rich to feed themselves, raiding carriages and dodging the occasional vindictive…

Want books like Not a Speck of Light?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 16 books like Not a Speck of Light.

Browse books like Not a Speck of Light

Share your top 3 reads of 2025!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,340

readers submitted
so far, will you?

📚 If you like Not a Speck of Light, you might also like...

Book cover of Murder, Lies and Chocolate

Murder, Lies and Chocolate by Sally Berneathy,

Book 2, Death by Chocolate series.

Rodney Bradford comes into Lindsay's restaurant, offers to buy her small house for double its value, eats her brownies, and drops dead on the sidewalk in front. Next, her almost-ex-husband offers to sign the divorce papers, but only if she'll give him her small,…

Book cover of Tangle of Time

Tangle of Time by Maureen Thorpe,

A spellbinding journey through time and cultures.

When Annie Thornton, midwife and apprentice witch, falls through time to a 15th-century Yorkshire village with her telepathic cat, Rosamund, she befriends Will and Jack, two soldiers returning from the French Wars. Mistress Meg, Annie’s ancestral aunt living in the 15th century, is…