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What sets Light at the Edge of Darkness apart?
It is Biblical Speculative Fiction.
What is Spec-fic? The term spec-fic has been used on and off since the 19th century in a variety of
contexts. For readers, authors, publishers of this genre, spec-fic is a catch-all term that encompasses horror,
science fiction, fantasy, etc. In a nutshell, spec-fic speculates about worlds and times that are significantly
unlike our world.
What is Biblical Spec-fic? Simply, spec-fic that is written from a Christian worldview. It is entertainment
in a scriptural framework.
Why write Biblical Spec-fic? 1. For its literary strength. Biblical spec-fic has the distinction among genres
of allowing the author total control over setting and characters, at the same time as providing the Christian
author with a venue to encompass her world views. 2. For its flavour: the Biblical spec-fic in Light at the Edge
of Darkness is well-crafted and entertaining without containing the gratuitous sex, violence or vulgar
language that seems to be standard in secular spec-fic.
There are lots of Christian works of fiction out there . . . what is so special about Light at the Edge of
Darkness?
Take a look at the Christian fiction available in your local bookstore (or yet, Christian bookstore), the
shelves are all but devoid of spec-fic. For decades, Christian readers have had to rely on the secular writers to
find any sort of good speculative fiction. Light at the Edge of Darkness fills this vacuum in Christian fiction: it
is both entertaining and well-crafted while scripturally sound without being preachy.
Speculative fiction has been controversial in many Christian circles and only in recent years have
readers been able to access authors like Ted Dekker, Karen Hancock and Donita Paul. Biblical spec-fic is a
growing market still in its youth and based on the subscriber and viewer numbers to Christian spec-fic sites
(The Lost Genre Guild, Speculative Faith, Christian Sci-Fi, etc.) and Christian spec-fic ezines (The Sword
Review; Dragons, Knights and Angels, etc.) there is a demand for well-crafted, entertaining speculative
fiction written from a world view. Light at the Edge of Darkness fulfills these criteria and goes beyond.
Can you summarize the contents of Light at the Edge of Darkness?
Light at the Edge of Darkness is a weighty volume containing 3 novelettes and 25 short stories that cover the
SF spectrum from horror and spiritual thriller to sci-fi and cyberpunk to fantasy. Submissions for this anthology
were numerous, but the rigorous literary and theological standards left only the best. Headlining the book is
“Undeniable,” a riveting, chilling tale from Canadian horror writer, A.P. Fuchs.
When forced to the edge of darkness, there’s only one way back: embrace the Light. Light at the Edge of
Darkness tells stories written from a Christian world view intended to inspire and entertain readers. The
showcased Biblical spec-fic sub-genres are: science fiction, dystopia, cyberpunk, fantasy, time travel, and
supernatural. The stories have been organized into subgenres with some versatile authors writing in more
than one category. You will read the serious, the light, the parody, and the heart-stopping:
It is Biblical Speculative Fiction.
What is Spec-fic? The term spec-fic has been used on and off since the 19th century in a variety of
contexts. For readers, authors, publishers of this genre, spec-fic is a catch-all term that encompasses horror,
science fiction, fantasy, etc. In a nutshell, spec-fic speculates about worlds and times that are significantly
unlike our world.
What is Biblical Spec-fic? Simply, spec-fic that is written from a Christian worldview. It is entertainment
in a scriptural framework.
Why write Biblical Spec-fic? 1. For its literary strength. Biblical spec-fic has the distinction among genres
of allowing the author total control over setting and characters, at the same time as providing the Christian
author with a venue to encompass her world views. 2. For its flavour: the Biblical spec-fic in Light at the Edge
of Darkness is well-crafted and entertaining without containing the gratuitous sex, violence or vulgar
language that seems to be standard in secular spec-fic.
There are lots of Christian works of fiction out there . . . what is so special about Light at the Edge of
Darkness?
Take a look at the Christian fiction available in your local bookstore (or yet, Christian bookstore), the
shelves are all but devoid of spec-fic. For decades, Christian readers have had to rely on the secular writers to
find any sort of good speculative fiction. Light at the Edge of Darkness fills this vacuum in Christian fiction: it
is both entertaining and well-crafted while scripturally sound without being preachy.
Speculative fiction has been controversial in many Christian circles and only in recent years have
readers been able to access authors like Ted Dekker, Karen Hancock and Donita Paul. Biblical spec-fic is a
growing market still in its youth and based on the subscriber and viewer numbers to Christian spec-fic sites
(The Lost Genre Guild, Speculative Faith, Christian Sci-Fi, etc.) and Christian spec-fic ezines (The Sword
Review; Dragons, Knights and Angels, etc.) there is a demand for well-crafted, entertaining speculative
fiction written from a world view. Light at the Edge of Darkness fulfills these criteria and goes beyond.
Can you summarize the contents of Light at the Edge of Darkness?
Light at the Edge of Darkness is a weighty volume containing 3 novelettes and 25 short stories that cover the
SF spectrum from horror and spiritual thriller to sci-fi and cyberpunk to fantasy. Submissions for this anthology
were numerous, but the rigorous literary and theological standards left only the best. Headlining the book is
“Undeniable,” a riveting, chilling tale from Canadian horror writer, A.P. Fuchs.
When forced to the edge of darkness, there’s only one way back: embrace the Light. Light at the Edge of
Darkness tells stories written from a Christian world view intended to inspire and entertain readers. The
showcased Biblical spec-fic sub-genres are: science fiction, dystopia, cyberpunk, fantasy, time travel, and
supernatural. The stories have been organized into subgenres with some versatile authors writing in more
than one category. You will read the serious, the light, the parody, and the heart-stopping:
- venture to futures where religious "Terrorists" smuggle frozen embryos to
save lives and resist technologies designed to break their souls; - explore dying alien worlds scouring the galaxies for hope;
- get abducted and discover the universe’s secrets or the trial of a lifetime;
- escape inbred captors through a haunted labyrinth;
- survive a house where nightmares walk, or settle in for a martyr's
tribulation; - join an epic quest through the ridiculous, cross swords with monsters,
sneak a glimpse at heaven, and traverse the planes where angels and
demons tread.
Follow these tales and more to the edge of darkness, to the brink of
despair, and then back to bask in the Savior’s redeeming Light.
Contributors:
Some of the contributors are:
recommend it: author Joseph H. Ficor); Flashpoint: Book One of the
Underground (October 2007); War of Attrition: Book Two of the Underground
(2009)
Entire list of contributors: (click on any name and you will be taken to their
individual biography pages, which also include an interview, any past or future
releases, websites, photos, etc.)
Frank Creed Andrea Graham Aisha Moore
Carizz Cruzem S.M. Kirkland Stephen Rice
Steve Doyle Alethea Knight Deborah Cullins-Smith
Joseph Ficor C.E. Lavender Donna Sundblad
Adam Graham Karen McSpadden V. B. Tenery
A.P. Fuchs Daniel I Weaver
For more information on Light at the Edge of Darkness and its authors, please check
the Lost Genre Guild website and The Writers’ Café Press site or contact Cynthia
MacKinnon.
Some of the contributors are:
- A.P. Fuchs (Axiom Man, 2006 (A.P. Fuchs takes on the superhero genre . . .
and succeeds with flying colors: Horror World Review); Still About a Girl,
2005; A Dark Red Night, 2004; A Stranger Dead, 2003);
- Frank Creed (“Lest Ye Be Judged” in Tales for the Thrifty Barbarian, 2006
recommend it: author Joseph H. Ficor); Flashpoint: Book One of the
Underground (October 2007); War of Attrition: Book Two of the Underground
(2009)
- Donna Sundblad (Pumping Your Muse, 2005 ;Windwalker, 2006).
Entire list of contributors: (click on any name and you will be taken to their
individual biography pages, which also include an interview, any past or future
releases, websites, photos, etc.)
Frank Creed Andrea Graham Aisha Moore
Carizz Cruzem S.M. Kirkland Stephen Rice
Steve Doyle Alethea Knight Deborah Cullins-Smith
Joseph Ficor C.E. Lavender Donna Sundblad
Adam Graham Karen McSpadden V. B. Tenery
A.P. Fuchs Daniel I Weaver
For more information on Light at the Edge of Darkness and its authors, please check
the Lost Genre Guild website and The Writers’ Café Press site or contact Cynthia
MacKinnon.